UNCRPD issues damning report on UK government’s violations
In a report published on Wednesday 24 April, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) called out the UK Government for their callous treatment of disabled…
In a report published on Wednesday 24 April, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) called out the UK Government for their callous treatment of disabled…
Two of the biggest myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) charities in the UK may be a little too cosy with a controversial organisation pulling the strings behind the clinical care for patients…
Experts on Indigenous Peoples have warned that India’s controversial Great Nicobar Development Project must be scrapped. Crucially, their open letter demands that the Indian government alter course before they cause…
The leader of the left-wing MPs’ coalition in the French parliament was summoned for questioning by police on Tuesday 23 April. It was over an investigation into suspected justification of…
Community union ACORN, representing thousands of renters across England, has withdrawn support for the Renters (Reform) Bill which enters the report stage in parliament on Wednesday 24 April. It is…
Climate crisis-driven disasters are disproportionately decimating Asia. These are the findings of a new UN report on weather-related disasters in 2023. Although global temperatures hit record highs last year, the…
On Monday 23 April, the High Court dismissed the application of Robert Courts MP, the Solicitor General, to imprison Trudi Warner, a retired social worker, for holding a sign outside…
Speaking to BBC News, Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) chief Gideon Falter branded people protesting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine “lawless mobs”. And in a statement, Gideon Falter appeared to suggest…
Nearly nine in 10 local authorities have seen a rise in teacher recruitment vacancy rates since 2010, new analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows. The news comes as…
Activists from the world are uniting against Dutch banking giant ING’s environmental racism. Specifically, at the company’s upcoming AGM they plan to call out ING’s financing of a big polluter…
It’s been coming for a while, as the amount of news stories about how many disabled and chronically ill people are ‘languishing’ on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits…
A new report commissioned by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) considers how the unprecedented support for criminalising ecocide can translate into a ‘workable domestic offence’ in Scotland that can hold…