Today (4 June 2021) marks the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Crackdown and the first time since the 1989 massacre that there will be no formal commemoration of the event held in Chinese-speaking world. … Read more →
Calls for the adoption of a ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern province of Tigray have intensified, with the prospect of famine steadily becoming a reality for millions in the region. … Read more →
Fifty-five million people were living in internal displacement at the end of 2020, according to the International Displacement Monitoring Centre’s (IDMC) annual Global Report on Internal Displacement. … Read more →
Mariam was forced to flee her home country of Eritrea after her husband, who had been forcibly conscripted into the army, escaped and she was imprisoned. Mariam evaded further persecution in Eritrea and sought refuge, finally entering the UK in the back of a lorry over 10 years ago. … Read more →
In August 2020, as a response to global criticism, Qatar introduced “comprehensive and long-lasting” labour reforms which involved a new minimum wage as well as putting an end to the kafala sponsor system which required workers to request permission from their employers to change occupations. … Read more →
In a landmark judgement, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the UK Government’s surveillance and interception of communications, violated the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. … Read more →
Prominent Libyan poet and journalist Kilani al-Maghribi was a resident of the Benina suburb of Benghazi in Libya. In May 2014, he and his family were forced to leave their home when it was occupied by the terrorist organisations “Ansar al-Sharia” and the “Islamic State (ISIS)” … Read more →
On Monday 17 May 2021, over 8,000 Moroccan migrants crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, some swimming the way, others packed in unstable boats. … Read more →
Today (21 May 2021) Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala returns to court on charges of espionage and attempting to overthrow the constitutional order in a failed military coup in 2016. … Read more →
In what is undoubtedly another blow to relations between the UK and EU, dozens of the bloc’s citizens have been held in immigration removal centres and airport detention rooms after attempting to enter the UK without work visas or residency status. … Read more →