The human rights organisation disputed the Spanish Supreme Court’s definition of ‘sedition’, the charge facing exiled Catalan minister Clara Ponsati

TIE campaign calls on all Scottish MPs to vote in favour of the two amendments, “and take a step towards delivering these long overdue rights”

Activists arrested after chaining themselves to a deportation flight are likely to receive suspended sentences and community service

- Activists were arrested under anti-terrorism legislation after disrupting a deportation flight in March 2017

- The defendants attracted the support of civil liberties campaigners and critics of UK Government immigration policy

- The Stansted 15 have called for their convictions to be quashed in a public statement

The human rights organisation has questioned whether the Home Office has “a realistic grasp on all the people it has wrongly detained and removed”

A FORMAL APOLOGY from the UK Government to a mere 18 members of the Windrush generation who are believed to have been wrongfully removed or detained has been met with concern from Amnesty International, which has described the government’s approach as narrowly focused and “worrying”.

Ahead of new Amnesty report on humanitarian crisis in Yemen, former cabinet secretary says that the UK Government is “on the side of the perpetrator”

AS the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen continues its assault on the rebel-held port city of Hodeidah, the UK Government faces fresh pressure to end its complicity in the conflict and cease UK arms to Saudi Arabia.

New Amnesty International research says Twitter is a “toxic place for women”

NEW RESEARCH by Amnesty International reveals the endemic nature of abuse and threats of violence directed at women on Twitter, particularly those who are politicians, journalists or other public figures, or who speak out on issues like sexism.

During Catalan referendum, rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were “disproportionately restricted”, says Amnesty report

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, the human rights non-governmental organisation, has noted a number of serious human rights violations in Spain and Catalonia as a result of the actions of the Spanish Government and Spanish authorities during 2017’s Catalan independence referendum.

Amnesty International action week to rally support for Refugee Family Reunion Bill

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is calling on supporters to write to MPs as part of a week of action to drum up support for SNP MP Angus MacNeil’s Refugee Family Reunion Bill.

The member’s bill, which MPs will have the chance to vote for on 16 March, would change rules which currently prevent refugee children from bringing their families with them to the UK.