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UK: FIRST PALESTINE PROTESTERS CHARGED UNDER TERRORISM LAWS PLEAD NOT GUILTY

Jeremy Shippam, 71, Judit Murray, 71, and Fiona Maclean, 53, entered a plea of not guilty today in Westminster Magistrates Court; the first hearing of those charged under Section 13 of the Terrorism...

UK government must ‘prevent and punish’ Israel’s genocide following UN’s Gaza report

‘The Government must now stop indulging in genocide denial’ - Kristyan Benedict In response to the UN commission of Inquiry declaring Israel has committed, and continues to commit, genocide in Gaza...

Northern Ireland: MI5 broke human rights law by accessing BBC journalist’s phone records

MI5 breached the human rights of Northern Ireland journalist Vincent Kearney by accessing his telecommunications records in 2006 and 2009. Confirmation of the breach by the Security Service of Article...

Belarus: Release of 52 prisoners “welcome” but without accountability repression persists

Reacting to the release of 52 people imprisoned under politically motivated charges, including journalists, independent trade union leaders and activists, in Belarus, Anna Wright, Regional Researcher...

Israel/OPT: ‘Where do we go?’ – residents and health workers describe horror of Gaza City displacement order

Forcibly displacing Palestinians within the Gaza Strip or deporting them violates international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity ‘Every day is like the war is...

UK: Starmer must not whitewash genocide during Herzog visit

‘ Prime Minister Starmer must not provide diplomatic cover for a state committing genocide’ - Sacha Deshmukh Ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the UK this week, Sacha Deshmukh...

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...

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...