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Aug 10 2021 4:11PM
Amnesty urges the Scottish Government to stand up for human rights in Zambia

Amnesty has told the Scottish Government it must be prepared to speak up for Zambians’ rights to vote peacefully as the country prepares to elect its next President. On Thursday the country will go to the polls amidst a climate of fear...

Jun 25 2021 4:17AM
Why must we boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics? 為什麼我們必須抵制北京冬季奧運會?

Since Beijing first began bidding to host the Olympics, I have argued that the international community should reject Beijing's hosting of the Games because of the lack of change in the Chinese Communist dictatorship since the Tiananmen...

Jun 24 2021 3:51PM
Israeli police used 'ruthless excessive force' against Palestinian protesters - new research

‘Discriminatory crackdown’ allowed Jewish supremacists to freely organise their own violent demonstrations ‘Tonight we are not Jews, we are Nazis’ - Jewish supremacists circulated extremist social media messages to organise attacks on...

Jun 21 2021 5:21PM
Briefing - Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill

As the Scottish Parliament prepares to debate all three stages of a new Coronavirus Bill just 3 days after its introduction, Amnesty has briefed MSPs. The Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill amends prior Coronavirus acts...

Jun 10 2021 7:21AM
Freedom/Solidarity/Resistance為自由/共命運/同抗爭: Tiananmen Massacre 32 Years On

In the evening o f 4 June 2021, hundreds of activists gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the Tiananmen massacre. At the rally, we read out the...