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UK government must not engage in genocide denial

In response to the UK government stating Israel is not acting with any genocidal intent in Gaza, Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Manager, said: “For the UK to conclude it...

UK/Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah’s hunger strike a ‘devastating development’

The British national has been held in arbitrary detention since 2019 His mother ended an eight-month-long hunger strike earlier this year after the UK government assured her that they would do...

Northern Ireland: 'Shocking' attempt to cover up police surveillance of journalists

The admission that PSNI covert surveillance operations targeting journalists, including one later ruled unlawful, were withheld from the UK’s surveillance watchdog is “deeply concerning”, Amnesty...

Vigil for Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza – featuring speech by Wael Al-Dahdouh

Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau Chief, will deliver a powerful address at the vigi l Over 240 candles will be lit - each one honouring a Palestinian journalist killed in the Gaza genocide On...

UK: nearly 900 arrests at Palestine protest shows Government's disregard for our protest rights

Police make 857 arrests under the Terrorism Act at yesterday’s Defend Our Juries demo Amnesty’s observers witnessed episodes of police aggression, including supporters of the protest being shoved away...

UK: Staggering number of arrests expected at Palestine demo - ‘Something has gone very wrong here in the UK'

Amnesty condemns arrests made at the Defend Our Juries ‘Lift The Ban’ demo in London today ‘Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. People are understandably outraged by the ongoing genocide being...

Israel/OPT: Escalating Israeli assault in Gaza City will have catastrophic and irreversible consequences for Palestinians

Entire swathes of Gaza City have been declared no-go zones Displaced Palestinians face repeated forced moves, living in squalid, overcrowded, makeshift camps deprived of their most basic needs...

Israel/OPT: US sanctions on Palestinian NGOs are a ‘shameful assault on human rights’

Responding to the US government's decision to impose sanctions on Palestinian NGOs - Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights - in the context of sanctions...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty response to legacy deal as UK and Irish governments close to agreement

Responding to news that the UK and Irish governments are close to an agreement on a legacy framework, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland Deputy Director, said “The Legacy Act...

UK: 'Horrifying' that Defend Our Juries spokespeople are being threatened with severe jail sentences

The six activists were released on bail under strict conditions this afternoon Prosecutors are seeking up to nine years in prison for each defendant ‘The use of courts and prisons to punish peaceful...