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Beira’s Place, the UK’s leading support center for sexual violence survivors founded by J.K. Rowling, is demanding a public apology and permanent withdrawal of Amnesty International UK’s report that falsely labeled them part of an “anti-rights” movement — a claim they say is defamatory, damaging, and entirely untrue. Rowling, a survivor of domestic abuse herself, established the center in 2022 to provide “women-centered, women-delivered” care, honoring the Scottish goddess Beira as a symbol of female strength. Amnesty temporarily removed the report after internal review, citing improper vetting and misleading language — but Beira’s Place insists the harm is done and is now threatening legal action. They’re also calling for an external investigation into how such inaccuracies were published under Amnesty’s name, emphasizing that their mission is to protect, not undermine, women’s and LGBT+ rights.

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