UK: Amnesty calls on Starmer to pull US base access as Trump threatens to kill ‘a whole civilization’

Responding to President Trump's warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and the UK government's continued authorisation of US forces to use British bases including RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International UK's Crisis Response Manager said:

"This is a moment of extreme danger for civilians in Iran and the wider region. For President Trump to threaten that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' echoes genocidal language - and the UK government must urgently end military support to the US that could enable crimes under international law, including war crimes.

"A US strike has already killed over 168 people, including more than 100 children, at a school in Minab, Iran. Bridges and energy infrastructure are being bombed. The decision to allow the US to use British military bases does not exist in a vacuum - it carries serious human rights responsibilities.

"Amnesty International is unequivocal: threatening to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure is a threat to commit war crimes. Attacking power plants essential to the survival of tens of millions of civilians would be unlawful. The UK must be equally unequivocal.”