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🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology Facial recognition tech: šŸ•µļø is mass surveillance āŒ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations āš ļø disproportionately impacts racialised communities. We need to oppose this.
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It’s been two years since the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel, during which at least 1,200 Israelis and other nationals - mostly civilians - were killed and 251 people were taken hostage, of which 20 are still alive and held in Gaza. It’s been two years since Israel
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We are watching the real-life consequences of outpourings of hatred. A year after the 2024 racist riots, there is an urgent need for a reset in our national debate. 🧵3/3
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According to @TellMamaUK there has been a significant rise in the number of Islamophobic hate cases in the United Kingdom between June and September 2025. Not including the most recent horrific attack, there have been 17 reported cases that have involved attacks on mosques or
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Amnesty UK condemns the horrific attack on the East Sussex Mosque this weekend. We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence. This follows months of increasing hostility to racialised and migrant communities in the UK – boosted by
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It will never stop being shocking to witness hundreds of peaceful protesters being hauled from the streets into police vans. Police chiefs have a choice about how they police protests. These arrests are in breach of the UK's international human rights obligations and should not
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The last boat that was part of the @globalsumudflotilla is reported to have been intercepted by Israel this morning. The flotilla only set off because governments are failing to act while Israel’s engineered famine and genocide in Gaza rages on. Despairing but defiant citizens
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Steve fought 27 years for justice for his brother Mike. The Human Rights Act was fundamental to this fight. 25 years on, our rights are under threat. We can’t let politicians take away the human rights of generations to come. #Hillsborough #Football #HumanRights #ECHR
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Amnesty International UK is deeply saddened by the news of this morning's attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in north Manchester. We condemn this horrific act of violence that has taken the lives of two innocent people and injured many more. Our hearts are
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BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm.
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From Japan to Venezuela, Amnesty offices around the world have come together with one voice: protest is NOT terrorism. 🧵 Who benefits when protest starts being criminalised as ā€œterrorismā€? People in power who do not want to be held to account. In the UK, police have
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The revelation that MI5 itself has been breaking the law to rifle through journalists’ communications should chill anyone who cares about freedom of the press in the UK.
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ā‰ļøšŸ—£NEW: "How far has MI5 gone in unlawfully monitoring journalists in Northern Ireland?" ā—ļøšŸ‘„@PatrickCorrigan, Northern Ireland Director of @AmnestyNI, is calling for a public inquiry into MI5 surveillance of journalists. He has written to Secretary of State @hilarybennmp.
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🚨BREAKING: Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by drones - again. British-Palestinian journalist @kieran_andrieu was aboard one of the ships. Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.
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