by Staff Writer | Feb 3, 2022 | Briefing
BEATRICE FIHN, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) will travel to Lithuania to meet with Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya today (3 February 2022). Tsikhanouskaya is a Belarusian human rights activist and politician who ran in...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 2, 2022 | Briefing
A DELEGATION OF ADULTS who were in care as children have delivered a petition to the Prime Minister, urging him to rectify a recent change to the law which will cause lasting damage to the lives of vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds in care. Handing over a petition...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 2, 2022 | Briefing
THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International says in a damning new report. The comprehensive 211-page report, Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2022 | Briefing
YOUNG PEOPLE have returned to work rapidly, with unemployment now lower than pre-pandemic levels, but problems persist, with one-in-three 18-34-year-olds returning to atypical, often insecure work. The number of economically inactive young men has increased by almost...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2022 | Briefing
NEW CITIZENS ADVICE ANALYSIS reveals 206 post offices have closed in the last two years, the equivalent of two closing each week. The consumer watchdog for the postal sector warns of a wave of post office closures across the country. The charity warns that the Post...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2022 | Briefing
OXFAM HAS CALLED on the UN Security Council to condemn the recent attacks in Yemen and inject new urgency into peace talks to end the seven-year conflict. The call follows airstrikes which have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in recent days, and led to the...
