This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and the June Fourth massacre. We honour the memory of all those who rallied for democracy in 1989, many of whom were murdered or jailed. As always, we stand firmly...

As the Scottish Parliament continues a series of debates on Covid-19 his week Amnesty briefed MSPs on why Scotland needs a human rights based recovery. - There is a growing body of evidence that serious human rights breaches are likely...

Blog by Jerry Allen and Nigina Istanakzai-zarifi - Country Coordinators During Refugee week we should consider the millions of refugees who continue to live in very poor conditions, without hope of being able to travel to Europe. We...

New research from the Amnesty and our partners at the Human Rights Consortium Scotland has found there is little evidence that the human rights of Scottish citizens were taken into consideration as major public service redesigns took...

As Scotland heads to the polls to elect its next Parliament - at Amnesty Scotland we’ve been analysing how manifestos measure up on human rights. In December 2020 we met with representatives from the main parties to discuss our policy...