Beira's Place Threatens Legal Action Over Amnesty UK's 100-Group Anti-Rights List
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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 15
Beira's Place Threatens Legal Action Over Amnesty UK's 100-Group Anti-Rights List
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 15
Summary
Lawyers for Beira's Place demanded Amnesty International UK permanently withdraw a report, publish a front-page apology and face possible court action over claims the centre was "anti-rights."
Amnesty had listed the Edinburgh sexual violence support centre among more than 100 organisations in a briefing on the UK's anti-rights movement, then temporarily removed the list for an internal review.
The letter, shared by founder JK Rowling on X, calls the allegation defamatory and says claims that Beira's Place targets women or LGBT rights are false and damaging to its reputation.
Amnesty said the briefing was uploaded without established internal review processes and that its language did not reflect the organisation's position, while Beira's Place also demanded an external investigation into how it was published.