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Mar 31 2019 9:59PM
Happy international day of trans visibility to all of the trans community. Love and solidarity forever.

Blog by Jennie Joy, Rainbow Network Committee Member The 31 st of March is International Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day for celebrating our trans siblings and recognizing and raising awareness of the discrimination that they...

Mar 20 2019 6:00PM
Egypt: Shocking escalation in executions

By 'The Stop Executions in Egypt Campaign', launched by the 'Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms' and other human rights organisations. The right to life is one of the most basic human rights. In all society's,religions...

Mar 19 2019 3:53PM
The Death Penalty in Britain

Let me make my position crystal clear upfront - I believe the death penalty is never justified and I’m thankful to live in a country with an independent justice system where it has long-since been abolished. But I’m never complacent in...

Mar 13 2019 10:14AM
Think twice! Companies doing business in Israeli occupied Palestinian territories

Why should companies steer clear of doing business with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)? Surely, there is nothing wrong with a business relationship with such entities, some of which have been in place

Mar 13 2019 10:14AM
Climate change could become the greatest human rights violation in history

Inspired by the initiative of Swedish school student Greta Thunberg, young people around the world are demanding governments to take urgent action on climate change.