Grand National already under fire over horse’s deaths
National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports says “one death is one too many” ahead of the Randox Grand National Festival – at which 63 horses have died…
National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports says “one death is one too many” ahead of the Randox Grand National Festival – at which 63 horses have died…
Fossil fuel financier Barclays is trying to weasel out of concrete climate action. Crucially, a new report has shown that the climate-wrecking bank won’t backdown from financing fracking. Barclays finances…
Governments will be feeling the heat on Tuesday 9 April – as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will rule in three separate court cases over failings on the…
Three activists who were warned they might face prison for taking direct action with drones near Heathrow Airport over the climate crisis have all received suspended sentences – but not…
NHS consultants have accepted a government pay offer – while warning that while their official dispute may be over, the Tories (and a Labour government) had better watch their backs.…
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…