Amnesty UK Apologizes to Beira's Place, Removes 'Anti-Rights' Briefings
Amnesty UK said the briefing fell significantly short of its standards and commissioned an external review after Beira's Place threatened legal action.
- On Friday, Amnesty International apologized to Beira's Place, permanently removing a briefing that labeled the Edinburgh sexual violence center as part of an 'anti-rights' movement.
- Rowling founded the Edinburgh center in 2022 to provide women-only support for survivors of sexual violence after backlash over transgender staffing at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre.
- After Beira's Place's legal team twice wrote to Amnesty claiming the organization was 'maliciously defamed,' the charity removed two reports, including one titled 'Like A Snowball.'
- Beira's Place welcomed the apology but said it does not rectify the 'reputational damage' caused by the reports, while Amnesty confirmed an internal investigation is underway.
- The Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case to assess concerns about the briefing and will engage with Amnesty's trustees to gather additional information.
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Amnesty Apologizes to J.K. Rowling’s Crisis Center for Women
In this Hot Air article, John Sexton details how Amnesty International UK issued a full apology and permanent retraction of its report that falsely branded J.K. Rowling’s women-only rape crisis center Beira’s Place and other gender-critical groups as “anti-rights.” Amnesty’s briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK” listed Beira’s Place among more...
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JK Rowling centre says Amnesty apology does not solve ‘reputational damage’
Beira’s Place was among organisations labelled ‘anti-rights’ in a briefing document.
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