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UK: Warning of 'sinister trend' as prisoners are the latest group to have their human rights 'switched off'

In response to last night’s House of Lords vote on the Victims and Prisoners Bill in which Peers failed to strike down clauses which strip away protections under the Human Rights Act, Sacha Deshmukh...

Iran: Ebrahim Raisi's death must not rob his victims of right to justice

As a member of the 1988 ‘death commission’ he ordered the execution of thousands of prisoners, and as president oversaw the lethal crackdown on women’s rights protesters Under Raisi’s watch as head of...

UK: new 'Surviving Evin' exhibition will show Anoosheh Ashoori's Iran prison experience

A powerful new pop-up exhibition will showcase the experience of UK national Anoosheh Ashoori who was arbitrarily jailed for four-and-a-half years in Iran until his release - alongside Nazanin Zaghari...

Northern Ireland: Race hate incidents at all time high​

PSNI report outlines that there were 1353 racist incidents and 839 racist crimes recorded by the police in the 12 months to end of March 2024 More than eight hate-motivated incidents or crimes...

Northern Ireland: Publication of police surveillance report ‘wholly insufficient’ to restore public confidence

Responding to a statement by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) that it will publish its report to the Policing Board in June on the extent of its covert surveillance of journalists and...

Thailand: State-backed digital abuse used to silence women and LGBTI activists - new report

Evidence points to Thai government’s involvement in use of highly-invasive Pegasus spyware against activists Report based on in-depth interviews with 40 women and LGBTI activists, including many young...

UK: Government's 'dangerous' sex education proposal puts an entire generation 'in peril'

Government has announced Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum will not be taught until the age of nine Legal protection from discrimination for people with protected characteristics...

Israel/OPT: current scenes of forced displacement in Gaza reminiscent of Nakba

Today Palestinians mark 76 years since trauma of mass expulsion following creation of Israel In recent days more than 150,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from Rafah ‘It is utterly...

Georgia: adoption of repressive 'foreign influence' bill condemned

Civil society organisations with sizable foreign budgets will be required to register themselves ‘conductors of the interests of a foreign power’ More street protests in Tbilisi, with police using...

UK: British Palestinians to stage Gaza protest outside Downing Street ahead of Nakba Day

Protest will also see a fresh call for the UK to halt arms transfers to Israel British Palestinians - all with family currently trapped in Gaza - and Amnesty International UK activists will stage a...