by Agency Reporter | Nov 23, 2021 | Briefing
HONDURAS, NEWLY ELECTED to the United Nations Human Rights Council, has been urged by UN human rights experts to release eight environmental defenders. “As a new member of the UN Human Rights Council, Honduras should be redoubling efforts to clean up its human...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 23, 2021 | Briefing
THREE IN FIVE VOTERS say all refugees who come to the UK to seek safety should be treated the same, regardless of how they arrived in the UK. Results from MRP polling of more than 8,000 adults, carried out by pollster focaldata on behalf of Refugee Action, revealed...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 22, 2021 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN GROUP Freedom from Torture (FfT) has launched a legal challenge to the Home Secretary Priti Patel’s policy of turning around small boats and diverting them back into French territorial waters. The announcement comes as Ms Patel has blamed the European...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 22, 2021 | Briefing
THE UAE AUTHORITIES have designated four prominent exiled Emirati dissidents as ‘terrorism supporters’. Human Rights Watch says the move is part of a continuing attempt to outlaw activism and free expression under the guise of counterterrorism. The list of...
by Staff Writer | Nov 21, 2021 | Briefing
MORE THAN A MILLION vulnerable children in England are being damaged and their life chances reduced by cuts to early years and youth support since 2010 which should be reversed, says a House of Lords committee. Lack of investment in protecting children at risk of...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 20, 2021 | Briefing
THE TUC HAS URGED the UK government to shun trade talks with Brazil while Jair Bolsonaro is still in power, to “avoid legitimising the far-right president”. The call comes as the TUC publishes a new report, which documents significant threats to workers’ rights...
