court case over British arms sales feature in new film
A new documentary film explores a drawn-out court battle involving the UK government and a campaign group which tried to stop it selling arms to human rights-abusing Saudi Arabia, which…
A new documentary film explores a drawn-out court battle involving the UK government and a campaign group which tried to stop it selling arms to human rights-abusing Saudi Arabia, which…
It’s one year since it was revealed that the Bibby Stockholm barge would be used to contain refugees and asylum-seekers in Britain. So, Berlin-based artist Katherine Kannon and Dorset solicitor…
Jeremy Corbyn and the Peace and Justice Project are rather busy, at present. First, they’re taking ‘5 Demands‘ to the public (and crucially to the Tories and Labour) – preparing…
The UN Human Rights Council passed its first ever resolution on Thursday 4 April over tackling discrimination against intersex people, despite opposition from several countries to the terminology used. The…
Iran’s murderous “war on drugs” and its violent repression of ethnic minorities has turned its prisons into sites of “mass killing”. This was the conclusion of a new Amnesty International…
Jeremy Corbyn‘s Peace and Justice Project is preparing for its “5 Demands” conference – where him, it, and a host of guest speakers will lay out just exactly what needs…
A blind recorder player who performed with Coldplay at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games says it can be “challenging” being a disabled musician and is backing…
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers – including three Britons – using a UK-made drone. The news only serves to increase pressure on the…
Zimbabwe and Pakistan are both facing severe water shortages. On the surface, it appears both countries’ looming disasters are for different reasons. However, they are actually both attributable to the…
More than a third of all MPs (over 220) have rallied together to call on the government to fund a £20m, five-year research project into the second most common form…
An environmental non-profit has put another European airline in the hot-seat over its greenwashing – and once again won in court. It was a another damning nail in the coffin…
Residents on the Peabody-run Lesnes housing estate in southeast London will be protesting against its plans to demolish their estate and evict them from their homes. Lesnes Estate: residents fighting…