by Agency Reporter | Mar 27, 2021 | Briefing
TWO YEMENI MEN whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike have filed a complaint with Germany’s highest court in the case Bin Ali Jaber v. Germany. The case deals with Germany’s responsibility to protect the bin Ali Jaber family from further attacks involving...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE BAPTIST UNION COUNCIL has overwhelmingly passed a resolution to divest from fossil fuels with a 98.5 per cent majority. This update to the Baptist Union Ethical Investment Policy reflects a commitment to respond to the continuing environmental and climate crisis...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE ANNUAL UK POVERTY STATISTICS for the year leading up to the pandemic have been published by the government. Commenting on the figures, Child Poverty Action Group Chief Executive Alison Garnham called for an increase in child benefit. She said: “This dismal data...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE TUC AND LEGAL EXPERTS have warned that “huge gaps” in the law over the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at work could lead to widespread discrimination and unfair treatment at work. A new report, written for the TUC by leading employment rights lawyers Robin...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 25, 2021 | Briefing, Uncategorised
THE HOME OFFICE has launched a public consultation on their ‘New Plan for Immigration’. The plan proposes sweeping changes to the way the UK fulfils its international obligation to those seeking asylum, most notably by proposing differential treatment according to the...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 25, 2021 | Briefing
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS experts have said that digitalisation and the Covid-19 pandemic have facilitated a new wave of stigma, racism, xenophobia and hate, targeting minorities and those considered ‘others’, often promoted by authorities themselves,...
