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Reacting to the First Minister’s announcement that Scottish support for defence companies involved in Israel will be halted, Amnesty International’s acting Scotland Programme Director Liz Thomson said: “Amnesty has been calling on the...

Amnesty International has launched a global ‘urgent action’ to protect the right to protest in the UK, following the arrest, since July 2025, of over 700 people for peacefully protesting in support of Palestine Action. 70 of the people...

Following arrests of Palestine Action protestors, we wrote to the Scottish Chief Constable and Lord Advocate on the policing of peaceful protests for Palestine, urging them to respect protesters' freedom of expression and to exercise...