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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

January 14, 2021

Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

The College of Policing has provided training for at least 12 countries that are listed as 'human rights priority countries' by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
October 20, 2020

UK refuses to assist Police Scotland investigation into torture and rendition

Police Scotland are investigating the use of Scottish airports to facilitate torture and rendition in 2013, and the Lord Advocate in 2014 ordered them to examine potentially vital evidence held in the US Senate report.
August 27, 2020

UK armed forces providing training for some of world’s most repressive regimes

From 2018-2020 the UK provided military training for countries with an appalling record on human rights and international aggression, says Campaign Against Arms Trade.
June 21, 2020

Faith-based international development agencies condemn DFID abolition

In a joint statement the charities describe the merger as an act of injustice that will have severe consequences for the world's poorest people.
June 17, 2020

Christian Aid responds to prospect of DFID losing its independence

The merger of the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is a retreat from UK’s ambition to be a world leader in the fight against poverty, says Christian Aid
July 17, 2018

Foreign Office's annual report on human rights fails to hit the mark, says Amnesty

Amnesty says the FCO's human rights and democracy report needs more plain-speaking.
January 16, 2018

Call for Boris Johnson to act on repression in Bahrain

The human rights organisation Reprieve has urged Boris Johnson, to intervene to halt repression in Bahrain, including the planned execution of political protesters. The call comes one year on from the Gulf Kingdom’s resumption of executions.
December 5, 2017

Call for government to do more to tackle discrimination against non-religious individuals

A new report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union, of which Humanists UK is a member,finds that 85 countries around the globe "exhibit severe discrimination against non-religious individuals", with several having seen humanists and atheists murdered for their beliefs over the past year.
October 27, 2017

Call to make freedom of religion a foreign policy priority

Parliamentary Group calls for freedom of religion and belief to be made a political priority for the Foreign Secretary and a strategic priority for both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
June 15, 2017

Shakeup at Foreign Office 'opportunity to reset priorities abroad'

Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign Office is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, says the human rights organistion Reprieve.