by Agency Reporter | Aug 3, 2023 | Briefing
MOST unaccompanied children seeking safety in Greece have their asylum claims rejected, leaving them without legal papers and vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, according to a new report by Save the Children and the Greek Council for Refugees that calls for Greek...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 3, 2023 | Briefing
PAUL PARKER, the Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain, has signed a ‘Charity So Straight’ pledge to support the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities. Believing that all people are equal, and that gender and sexuality are sacred...
by Staff Writer | Aug 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE Chief Inspector of Prisons wrote to Alex Chalk MP, the Secretary of State for Justice on Wednesday 26 July to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Bristol, after an unannounced inspection revealed extremely worrying conditions. Bristol, which had...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE Welsh Government has teamed up with police forces to help educate motorists ahead of the 20mph default speed limit roll out in September. On Sunday 17 September, Wales will become the first UK nation to introduce a new default 20mph speed limit on restricted...
by Staff Writer | Aug 1, 2023 | Briefing
ENVIRONMENT and global justice organisations have been reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, alongside investment in carbon capture and storage. Alice Harrison, Fossil Fuels Campaign...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 1, 2023 | Briefing
THE HIGH COURT has declared the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failure to provide blind people with accessible communications about their benefits is unlawful after a claimant took legal action against them. Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, who is registered blind, brought...
by Savitri Hensman | Jul 31, 2023 | Commentary
IN MID-JULY, a video of two naked women being paraded by a mob from Manipur, a state in northeast India, went, sparking outrage across India and internationally. It turned out that this had been taken in early May and the police were aware of the sexual assaults on...
by Bernadette Meaden | Jul 31, 2023 | Commentary
THERE is growing concern about the potential for Artificial Intelligence to be used to spread misinformation and undermine democracy. But what if some of the most damaging misinformation has become an integral part of our national conversation? Austerity, a policy...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2023 | Briefing
OVER 100 parents and carers have come together to call on the government to reform the benefits system to help people get into and on in work, by scrapping punitive measures and focusing on breaking down employment barriers. The Changing Realities project, a...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2023 | Briefing
AN ISRAELI COURT has given the go-ahead for the forced eviction of 500 Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev/Naqab region, highlighting the deep discrimination that Palestinian citizens of Israel face under apartheid, Amnesty International says. Heba Morayef, Amnesty...
