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Category - UK government

15 Feb 2014

UK has ‘moral responsibility’ to accept Syrian refugees, say church leaders

Church leaders have urged David Cameron to rethink government policy on Britain accepting Syrian refugees.
10 Feb 2014

UK Government lagging behind business leaders on transparency

The UK government is lagging behind business leaders in its support for corporate transparency, a new survey suggests.
6 Feb 2014

Workers still at risk 10 years on from Morecambe Bay

A decade on from the tragedy at Morecambe Bay where 23 Chinese workers lost their lives, vulnerable workers are still at serious risk, the TUC has warned.
5 Feb 2014

Bedroom tax, inadequate housing are human rights issues

UK housing minister Kris Hopkins has tried to dismiss a critical report by UN special rapporteur Raquel Rolnik as a "misleading Marxist diatribe". But it is clear that the government is failing to meet important human rights obligations, at a heavy human cost.
4 Feb 2014

Libyan torture victims win permission to appeal against UK Government

An anti-Gaddafi dissident and his wife have won permission to take their case against the UK Government to the Court of Appeal.
31 Jan 2014

Lawyers appeal Pakistani death sentence for Briton with severe mental health issues

Lawyers acting for Mohammed Asghar, a British man suffering from severe mental illness, have appealed against his death sentence for blasphemy at Pakistan’s High Court.
29 Jan 2014

Lobbying bill: silencing the public may not be so easy

The UK government may believe it has triumphed by overturning even the House of Lords’ modest amendments to the Lobbying Bill. When this becomes law, it will gravely damage democracy and human rights. But defenders of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association will not give up easily.
29 Jan 2014

Pakistan death sentence Briton 'urgently' needs mental health treatment

Lawyers for Mohammed Asghar, a British man with severe mental health problems sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, finally gained access to their client yesterday (28 January).
25 Jan 2014

UK government urged to help Briton facing blasphemy death sentence in Pakistan

The Government must urgently act to protect an elderly, British man with severe mental health problems sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, says Reprieve.
22 Jan 2014

Government blocks Lords changes, but 'gagging law' activists press on

NGOs have reacted with anger after the government used the whip to vote down amendments to its controversial Lobbying Bill.

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