Beira's Place, a sexual violence support centre founded by JK Rowling, has accepted an apology from Amnesty International but insists the damage to its reputation remains.
The charity was labelled as "anti-rights" and "gender critical" in an Amnesty briefing titled "A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK," which has since been removed.
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Amnesty International apologised for the briefing, stating it does not represent its institutional position, and specifically apologised to Beira's Place for the inappropriate labelling.
Apology Acknowledged, But Concerns Remain
Beira's Place, established in Edinburgh in 2022, provides women-only support for survivors of sexual violence.
The charity acknowledged Amnesty's apology and its commitment to an independent external review into how the reports were published.
"The permanent removal of both reports is a tacit acceptance that they contained allegations which were false and defamatory of a large number of organisations which it classed as 'gender critical,'" Beira's Place said.
Despite welcoming the apology, the centre said it does not repair the reputational damage inflicted, especially on staff and the women relying on its services.
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Amnesty admitted the document should never have been published and is conducting an internal investigation.
"Whilst we do not share the views of all these organisations, we recognise the concerns raised by those labelled as 'anti-rights' in the document," Amnesty said.
"To be clear: this labelling does not represent our institutional position, and we apologise for its inclusion.
In particular, we apologise to Beira's Place and other groups, which we categorised as gender critical organisations, which we should not have collectively labelled as anti-rights."
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Amnesty also removed an earlier briefing titled "Like A Snowball" that referenced a wide range of organisations.
