In this issue
In this issue
- Freedom of expression, restraint and the public space
- The housing crisis and how we should respond
- New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched
- Younger mothers suffer 33% pay penalty says TUC
- Campaigners protest against Security and Policing 2016 arms fair
- UN expert condemns executions as ‘tantamount to torture’
- Call for end to Botswana’s Bushman ‘apartheid’
- Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route
- Benefit sanctions – inhumane, legally dubious and potentially fatal
Freedom of expression, restraint and the public space
The tensions between freedom of expression and the occasions of its restriction have filled thousands of column inches and hundreds of hours of airtime.
The housing crisis and how we should respond
Britain is facing a housing crisis.
Thursday 10 March 2016
New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea was launched yesterday (9 March) following months of campaigning by Eritrea Focus.
Younger mothers suffer 33% pay penalty says TUC
Women who become mothers before the age of 33 earn 15 per cent less than similar women who haven’t had children, according to new analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on International Women’s Day today (8 March).
Campaigners protest against Security and Policing 2016 arms fair
This week, between March 8-10 the UK will be hosting Security & Policing 2016, an arms fair with a particular focus on surveillance equipment and weapons that can be used for internal repression.
UN expert condemns executions as ‘tantamount to torture’
The United Nations’ expert on torture has condemned the use of the death penalty in countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran, saying executions are “tantamount to torture”, and barred by international law.
Call for end to Botswana’s Bushman ‘apartheid’
Survival International has launched a campaign calling for an end to a draconian system in Botswana which has broken Bushmen families apart and denied them access to their land. Critics such as veteran anti-apartheid activist Michael Dingake have compared the system to the apartheid-era pass laws.
Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route
European leaders, meeting on 7 March in Brussels, have closed the Balkan route being used by refugees to enter and travel through the EU, in a move Christian Aid warns could be inhumane.
