When I was 23 I had just left University. I lived at home with my mum and dad, had a job in a little shop near my home and when I wasn’t working I spent time with friends. I had little to no interest in activism, and really, why would...

Colin Haskin is a life-long activist and works with Amnesty in South Africa. I was born in 1957 to a white Irish father and a black Zulu mother. My older sister and younger brother came out white. I did not. For us to live together as...

Last week, UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve announced he would be publishing guidance on social media use to help people stay on the right side of the law. Let’s hope he doesn’t look to Tunisia for inspiration when determining social...

On Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 7pm, representatives of Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK will be delivering a giant postcard to the Chinese Embassy in London. The postcard image will feature a word cloud made up...

On Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 7pm, representatives of Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK will be delivering a giant postcard to the Chinese Embassy in London. The postcard image will feature a word cloud made up...