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UK: response to Labour's call for immediate Gaza ceasefire20 Feb 2024 Press release
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UK: MPs should 'unreservedly' support this week's Gaza ceasefire motion19 Feb 2024 Press release
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UK: campaigners stage silent vigil for Rafah outside Downing St
Amnesty International UK has staged a silent vigil in solidarity with civilians in Rafah outside Downing Street this morning to draw attention to the plight of some 1.4 million Palestinian civilians who are at acute risk in any full-scale Israeli…
14 Feb 2024 Press release -
UK: silent vigil for Rafah to be held outside Downing St13 Feb 2024 Press release
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Israel/OPT: fresh evidence of probable war crimes in Israeli attacks on Rafah
Fresh evidence of deadly unlawful attacks in Rafah - gathered by Amnesty International and published today - show how Israeli forces are flouting international humanitarian law in their military operations in Gaza, including obliterating entire families…
12 Feb 2024 Press release -
Global: Zionism/Zionist hate speech policy review must not stifle legitimate criticism of Israel’s oppressive policies
‘Meta must ensure that its content policies are neither discriminatory nor biased against pro-Palestinian voices’ - Alia Al Ghussain
09 Feb 2024 Press release -
Jordan: authorities have arrested hundreds in crackdown on pro-Palestine protests06 Feb 2024 Press release
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Israel/OPT: Israel has unleashed wave of unlawful attacks on Palestinians in West Bank - new research
With the world’s attention largely focused on Gaza, Israeli forces have stepped up use of lethal force with raids on refugee camps and attacks on crowds at demonstrations.
05 Feb 2024 Press release -
Israel/OPT: UK's 'terrible' decision to halt funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency should be reversed
Responding to an announcement by the UK government that it was “pausing” its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
27 Jan 2024 Press release -
Israel/OPT: Israel must comply with today's ICJ ruling
Top UN court orders six provisional measures against Israel over Gaza genocide claim.
26 Jan 2024 Press release -
Israel/OPT: UK must take prospect of Gaza genocide seriously after top court ruling26 Jan 2024 Press release
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Israel/OPT: David Cameron's 'peaceful future' quest will fail without support for justice mechanisms24 Jan 2024 Press release
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Israel/OPT: South Africa's genocide case offers glimmer of hope for justice
‘War crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza are rife, and the risk of genocide is real’ - Agnès Callamard
10 Jan 2024 Press release -
Myanmar: Military should be investigated for war crimes in response to 'Operation 1027'Myanmar military arbitrarily detained civilians and looted valuables
21 Dec 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: Israeli authorities must account for secretly-detained Palestinians20 Dec 2023 Press release
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Sudan: fresh fears for civilians in second city Wad Madani19 Dec 2023 Press release
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Israel/OPT: UK ban on violent settlers is belated recognition of 'apparatus of state-backed repression'
If the UK really wants to take a stand against Israel’s illegal settlement expansion, it should also ban the UK trade in settlement goods instead of continuing to import products which facilitate and legitimise a war crime.
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: MPs urged to support calls for immediate halt to UK arms sales to IsraelPrivate members’ bill - Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill - will be presented to Commons on Monday, with Westminster Hall debate the following day
10 Dec 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: US veto blocks UN ceasefire resolution that would end mass suffering in GazaUS is isolated as the only country to veto call for immediate ceasefire
08 Dec 2023 Press release