Amnesty International Scotland

23/06/2026

Amnesty International stands with everyone who has experienced racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence in recent incidents across Scotland.

These incidents have not taken place in a vacuum. We must reject and resist the racist and Islamophobic tropes and narratives that are becoming ever-more visible in our public discourse, including from some politicians in Scotland.

And we must reject the use of language that scapegoats entire groups of people and pits the rights of some communities against others.

We simply cannot allow the normalisation of this kind of deeply cynical and hateful politics.

23/06/2026

Amnesty International stands with everyone who has experienced racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence in Scotland. Recent incidents have been deeply alarming for people across the country.

These incidents did not take place in a vacuum. We must reject and resist the normalisation of racist and Islamophobic tropes and narratives that are becoming ever-more visible in our public discourse.

We simply cannot allow the normalisation of this kind of hateful and deeply cynical politics.

19/06/2026

Scotland needs a Human Rights Bill. Let’s make it happen.

Let the First Minister know that it cannot wait any longer. Email him now by taking our online action via the link in our bio.

11/06/2026

Join us this Saturday ✊🏽

Scared and angry at the scenes of racist violence?

You're not alone.

We see what’s happening.

Fear and hatred are being used to turn us against each other.

That hatred has turned into racist violence.

This Saturday 13 June, join thousands in Glasgow and Belfast standing for equality, dignity and justice.

📍 Glasgow, Buchanan steps
📍 Belfast, Belfast City Hall
🕐 1pm, Saturday 13 June

Bring your friends. Bring your voice. Bring hope.

When we act together, we show the small violent minority that our solidarity is far greater than their hate.

09/06/2026

The First Minister was elected on a manifesto that committed to a Human Rights Bill. It is now time to deliver, by bringing forward the Bill in the first year of the new parliamentary session.

There can be no more waiting. Scotland needs the Human Rights Bill.

Email the First Minister directly now using our new digital action (link in our bio) to demand that he puts human rights at the heart of his new government.

We can build a Scotland where all of our rights are secured. And the time is now. Take our action today.

11/05/2026

The SNP have been elected as the largest party at Holyrood. With a Human Rights Bill being an SNP manifesto commitment, it must now be delivered.

There can be no more waiting around for the action that people across Scotland need. The Human Rights Bill simply cannot wait any longer.

The First Minister must show the world the values Scotland believes in, by putting human rights at the heart of his new government and committing to bringing forward the Human Rights Bill in the first year of the new Parliament.

01/05/2026

Ahead of next Thursday’s election, do you want to know where Scotland’s political parties stand on human rights?

We have reviewed the manifestos of the SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats and Reform to see where each party stands in relation to the ten asks set out in Amnesty’s 2026 Human Rights Manifesto. Read via the link in our bio.

Please note Amnesty International is independent of any and all political parties, and the analysis is for information purposes only; it is not intended to endorse any party or candidate.

22/04/2026

Across Scotland, too many people are seeing their everyday rights denied. Too many are struggling for the basics we all need for a decent life.

Scotland needs a Human Rights Bill.

Read our new briefing on the Human Rights Bill then write to your local MSP candidates to demand their support (links to the briefing and our digital action in our bio).

07/04/2026

Unacceptable levels of poverty. A national housing emergency. And people across our communities being denied their basic rights every single day.

Scotland urgently needs a Human Rights Bill that’ll make our everyday rights real, and the next Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament must deliver it.

Use our quick and easy digital action via the link in our bio, to write to all of your Scottish election candidates now calling on them to commit to a new Human Rights Bill.

Let’s put human rights at the heart of Holyrood.

01/04/2026

Palantir is a US software company linked to a range of human rights abuses, including genocide.

In January 2024, Palantir signed a contract with the Israeli military to use its technology in support of “war-related missions.”

Right now, Palantir is working at the heart of the NHS in England. We cannot allow that to happen in Scotland. That’s why we have today written to all of Scotland’s party leaders ahead of the Scottish election, calling on them to categorically rule out any involvement of Palantir in Scotland’s NHS.

No company profiting from human rights abuses has any place in Scotland’s NHS or wider public sector.