A mass solidarity protest was held outside St Thomas' Hospital in London this evening for 179 Palestinian medical workers detained by the Israeli authorities #Gaza Full story: amnesty.org.uk/press-releases

179 Palestinian health workers are being held in secret detention by Israeli forces. We are witnessing the systematic destruction of the Palestinian health care system. We stand with them. Will the UK government and medical institutions? #FreeGazaMedics #StopArmingIsrael

"Those with skin in the game know what's best for their communities" - Keir Starmer Message to the Prime Minister from people with skin in the game👇🏽

Algerian authorities must halt ongoing repression of civic space and erosion of human rights ahead of the country’s presidential elections scheduled to be held on 7 September. amn.st/6011mL56h

"Too limited and riddled with loopholes" Amnesty UK response to UK government suspension of 30 arms export licences for Israel amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

Mongolia’s international legal obligations are clear as a member state of the International Criminal Court. They must arrest President Putin and hand him over to the ICC to face charges of war crimes. amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

"While this decision appears to demonstrate that the UK has finally accepted the very clear & disturbing evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, it's unfortunately too limited and riddled with loopholes" - Amnesty UK's Sacha Deshmukh independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

📣 Homelessness IS a political choice. Join us & Groundswell to call on the Prime Minister to end the homelessness crisis ➡️ amnesty.org.uk/right2home

'Since 2018 almost 200 people have now lost their lives trying to cross the Channel, yet the UK and French Governments still fail to do what’s so desperately needed: establish safe asylum routes to avoid more loss of life' - Steve Valdez-Symonds amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

"Exempting the F-35 fighter jet programme ... is a catastrophically bad decision for the future of arms control and misses a clear obligation to hold Israel accountable for its extensive war crimes and other violations" - Amnesty UK's Sacha Deshmukh theguardian.com/world/article/…

As our CEO said earlier it's not just a "risk" of war crimes being committed by Israeli authorities, there is "considerable evidence". The UK Government’s decision to suspend some arms licences to Israel is filled with loopholes and does not go far enough. #StopArmingIsrael

“The failure of the UK government to suspend all arms transfers to Israel..means that it remains complicit in the death and destruction that Israel’s assault and siege have wrought on Palestinians in Gaza.” Joint UK NGO statement.

“It totally flies in the face of the UK’s international legal responsibilities for the UK to be granting concessions or contracting with any company that reportedly provides logistical support for war crimes in Gaza” — Neil Cowan, AmnestyScotland bit.ly/3z8lFRb

Published tomorrow (00.01 Thur 5 Sept) A detailed new @Amnesty investigation into numerous acts of apparent 'wanton destruction' by the Israeli military in #Gaza For more info, email: mediaAmnesty International.org.uk

🚨 New Investigation 🇵🇸🇮🇱 The Israeli military’s campaign to significantly expand a “buffer zone” along the eastern perimeter of #Gaza should be investigated as the war crimes of wanton destruction and collective punishment. Read our @Amnesty’s new investigation here:

"Our analysis reveals a pattern along the eastern perimeter of Gaza that is consistent with the systematic destruction of an entire area" - @Amnesty's Erika Guevara Rosas inews.co.uk/news/world/gaz…

UK: New book empowers children and helps them know their rights ‘Empowering children to learn about their rights will benefit them throughout their lives and this book will help them do it’ – Alice Sims amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

🚨 11% of UK households are experiencing food poverty, including 17% of children. Our social security system doesn’t provide enough support, driving the need for food banks. We need a plan from the government to ensure everyone can afford the essentials.

Saudi Arabia: 40 NGOs call on Saudi authorities to release imprisoned online critics ahead of Internet Governance Forum Saudi authorities must ‘use this event as an opportunity to carry out genuine reforms rather than as part of an image-washing campaign’ - Agnès Callamard