In this issue
In this issue
- New poll shows overwhelming support in UK for refugees
- The Queen’s Speech: a reality check
- General accused of ‘fantasy’ after calling UK policy ‘semi-pacifist’
- Christian Aid challenges David Cameron on tax haven secrecy
- Liberty clients condemn plans to scrap Human Rights Act
- Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging
19 May 2016
New poll shows overwhelming support in UK for refugees
More than three quarters of the British public would accept refugees in their neighbourhood or home, according to a new Amnesty International survey published yesterday (18 May 2016), showing that anti-refugee political rhetoric is “out of step” with public opinion
19 May 2016
The Queen’s Speech: a reality check
Watching the Queen’s Speech was like observing the behaviour of an absentee landlord
19 May 2016
General accused of ‘fantasy’ after calling UK policy ‘semi-pacifist’
A retired NATO commander has accused David Cameron of making the UK ‘semi-pacifist’, sparking derision from pacifist groups.
19 May 2016
Christian Aid challenges David Cameron on tax haven secrecy
The UK will only successfully tackle corruption when its tax havens apply UK levels of transparency, Christian Aid said yesterday after the Queen’s Speech highlighted plans for action against money laundering, corruption and tax evasion.
19 May 2016
Liberty clients condemn plans to scrap Human Rights Act
Following yesterday’s Queen’s Speech, the families of Private Cheryl James, Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement and Alice Gross have condemned the Government’s plans to scrap the Human Rights Act in favour of a weakened ‘British Bill of Rights’.
19 May 2016
Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging
The Supreme Court in Pakistan is to consider the case of a prisoner who could be hanged at as little as three days’ notice, despite evidence that he was arrested as a child.