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Our letters to the Scottish authorities calling on them to drop plans to use live facial recognition technology in policing and law enforcement across Scotland

In our letter to the Scottish FA, we express our concerns about Israel's continued participation in international football tournaments and call on the Scottish FA to communicate a clear position on a suspension of the Israeli's membership of UEFA and FIFA

A Joint Statement to the UK Prime Minister regarding the UK’s Free Trade Agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council

Letter to Minister for Migration and Citizenship concerning simplification and safe routes, May 2025

Letter to Minister for Border Security and Asylum concerning asylum and enforcement, January 2025; and reply of Minister, February 2025

Letter to Minister for Border Security and Asylum concerning asylum decision-making, June 2025; and reply by the Minister, July 2025

Letter to Scotland's Chief Constable and Lord Advocate on the policing of peaceful protests for Palestine

The focus of this submission is on the pattern and impacts of transnational repression targeting Hong Kong diaspora and Chinese international students resident in the UK.

Amnesty International UK has written to Sir Mark Rowley, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, ahead of the widely publicised planned protest due to take place in London on Saturday (9th August) by activist group Defend Our Juries.

Open Letter to Members of the House of Commons and Peers of the House of Lords regarding Palestine Action. Amnesty is gravely concerned about the harmful implications that proscribing Palestine Action could have for the free speech rights of the wider…

Letter urging the Scottish Government to offer transparency around its review of Scottish Enterprise human rights checks

In this joint submission we draw attention to the right of the people of the UK to their nationality (British citizenship), and how policy and practice under successive administrations has undermined this.

Joint Amnesty UK and ILPA submission to the Constitution Committee on the Rule of Law

Submission to the JCHR legislative scrutiny of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch present evidence of Israeli authorities’ failure to uphold international humanitarian law, alongside a legal argument that the UK government has not properly met its obligation to prevent genocide.

Joint letter of organisations and Hong Kong diaspora groups on the anniversary of Article 23 and UK’s obligations to protect activists from transnational threats

Amnesty International UK's submission to the Welsh Equality and Social Justice Committee on the key principles required to embed, develop and uphold social cohesion in Wales.

Scottish government response to our letter asking it to review Scottish Enterprise's human rights due diligence checks

Amnesty International UK & PRCBC Public Bill Submission on Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Amnesty International UK & Migrant Voice Public Bill Submission on Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill