DARK SECRETS: 10 - The Real Truth

Report that rejects claim NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR sparks debate

Amnesty has said for the UK to repudiate the European Convention on Human Rights would be a ‘serious breach of international law’.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

Humza Yousaf urges Lord Advocate not to prosecute Palestine Action protesters

SCOTLAND'S top prosecutor is being urged to take a “principled” stand by making clear demonstrators “peacefully” showing support for the…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2025

‘We fear we are next’: Palestinian journalists in Gaza targeted by Israeli smear campaigns

SPECIAL REPORT: The Committee to Protect Journalists warns that more reporters are at risk of being killed by Israeli ‘war crimes’ after the death of Independent Arabia journalist Maryam Abu Daqqa. Bel Trew and Nedal Hamdouna hear from those whose work places them firmly in the firing line

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025

French man becomes latest foreign national to be detained in Venezuela

A French national is being detained without cause in Venezuela, claims his family, who say he is one of several foreigners being held in the country in what Amnesty International has denounced as a widespread policy of enforced disappearances.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 21, 2025

Local council in Northern Ireland launches probe into asylum seekers hotel

A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers

The National (Scotland) · Aug 20, 2025

International NGOs report mass killings and sexual violence in eastern DRC

Two new reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveal harrowing testimony of mass killings, sexual violence and forced displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring the human cost of the conflict despite ongoing peace talks.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 20, 2025

Hamas Accepts New Gaza Truce Plan: Hamas Official

Hamas has accepted a new ceasefire proposal for Gaza without requesting amendments, a source from the group told AFP Monday, after a fresh diplomatic push to end more than 22 months of war.

International Business Times · Aug 18, 2025

Amnesty slams Israel for ‘deliberately starving’ Palestinians in Gaza

Rights group condemns Israel for ‘systematically destroying the health, wellbeing, social fabric of Palestinian life’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2025

Israel starving Gaza: 317 dead from starvation, including 121 children

More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2025

Israeli forces 'kill Palestinian child carrying water to family', footage shows

The Israeli military has targeted and killed a young girl carrying water to her family in Gaza, new footage has revealed ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 18, 2025