by Agency Reporter | Nov 30, 2021 | Briefing
A UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT has welcomed India’s decision to repeal three contentious farm laws that sparked a year of nationwide protests which left 600 people dead. He has also urged the Government to ensure accountability for casualties. “What was at stake with...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 29, 2021 | Briefing
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS have threatened legal action against the German, Norwegian, and Canadian governments for obstructing global efforts to increase access to Covid-19 vaccines and other healthcare technologies. The move comes as state delegates from around the world...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 29, 2021 | Briefing
A SNAP SURVEY of the state of social care services in England has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people left waiting for help despite record increases in care being provided to people in their own homes....
by Agency Reporter | Nov 28, 2021 | Briefing
DURING A SPECIAL SERVICE concluding the Church of Sweden’s General Synod on 24 November, Archbishop Antje Jackelén made an official apology from the Church of Sweden to the Sámi for historical abuse. The service took place in Uppsala Cathedral in the presence of the...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 27, 2021 | Briefing
AN INVESTIGATION by the IPPR think tank, into the operation and impacts of the NHS England system of charging people for healthcare who are not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, has revealed that the system is “unfit for purpose”. Interviews with NHS staff...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT must do more to provide safe and legal routes for people to enter the UK to prevent more fatalities, Amnesty International said, in response to the release of the latest immigration statistics. The statistics, published by the Home Office on 25...
