Neil Bush, the Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), used his speech to the Permanent Council to deny Russia’s deteriorating human rights situation. … Read more →
Three female media workers have been shot dead in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, in what appears to be the latest in a wave of unprecedented attacks on journalists and civil society activists. … Read more →
A leaked report accidentally published online has exposed how Chinese labour programmes in Xinjiang are designed to reduce the population density of Uyghur minorities. The research by academics … Read more →
The undersigned organisations request your urgent action ahead of the next hearing in the criminal trial of those accused of killing lawyer Tahir Elçi. We urge you to request the Turkish authorities to ensure a fair trial by an impartial and independent tribunal (respecting the procedural rights of Tahir Elçi’s family), as well as carry out a prompt, effective, impartial, and independent investigation into his death. … Read more →
Tens of thousands of arbitrarily detained civilians in Syria remain unaccounted for, according to a newly published report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. … Read more →
Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has announced plans to lengthen jail terms faced by people smugglers in a bid to stymie the recent surge in migrant Channel crossings. … Read more →
Shamima Begum has lost her appeal at the Supreme Court in a case that sets a precedent for scores of British women … Read more →
Dear Foreign Secretary, British children are still being held in detention two years after the siege of the ISIS stronghold of Baghouz which drove the last cohort of women and children into the refugee camps of north eastern Syria. It is three months since our previous correspondence, and I again appeal to you for the… … Read more →
UK report demonstrates the need of intensifying the fight against extremism, while British children are left in Syrian refugee camps. On 24 February 2021 the British Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) launched its report “Operating with Impunity – Hateful extremism: The need for a legal framework” on the adequacy of the current legislation in dealing with hateful extremism. … Read more →
In a decisive vote, the House of Lords has proposed a fresh amendment to the trade bill; suggesting that a parliamentary panel of judicial experts be established to determine whether genocide has occurred. … Read more →