right-wing race riot apologists rage over nothing
Perhaps people of the far-flung future will look back on the old-fangled times of Twitter-turned-X and wonder was 12 August 2024 the day the gammon-peasants of Britain-web finally signed away…
Israel journalist calls for rape of Palestinians to be official policy
Israeli journalist Yehuda Schlesinger called for the institutionalised rape of Palestinian detainees on Israel’s Channel 12. He went unchallenged. “There are no innocent people” in Gaza Responding to a question…
rights organisation is laying cover for Israel
Over 20 pro-Palestine organisations have condemned a “propagandistic, genocide-enabling” report by Human Rights Watch. Crucially, Palestinian civil society groups issued a scathing statement over the publication which “pays lip service”…
Sudan famine threatens hundreds of thousands of people
While the world focuses on the Middle East, war in Sudan between the army and rival paramilitaries has pushed the Zamzam camp near Darfur’s besieged city of El-Fasher into famine.…
Mashco Piro people are being let down and betrayed by the FSC
Three key Amazonian Indigenous organisations have issued an unprecedented joint statement, accusing the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) of deliberately delaying a decision on whether to withdraw certification from a notorious…
far-right protestors storm building for the right to rape
Far-right Israelis have protested the arrest of IDF soldiers for the alleged gang rape and abuse of a Palestinian detainee. Protestors stormed Israel’s Sde Teiman detention facility, where Israeli police…
fossil fuel project already harming people and wildlife
The climate-wrecking East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is already wreaking havoc on wildlife in a biodiverse national park. A new report has exposed how key fossil fuel infrastructure associated…
pressure on Labour as protests increase
Asylum seekers have held a sit-in demonstration outside the floating asylum accommodation the Bibby Stockholm. They were protesting their quasi-detention limbo on the barge as the new Labour Party-run Home…
party shows its true transphobic colours
The Labour Party is once again capitulating to bigots. Naturally, it’s another billionaire – this time one with a zeal for transphobia. Specifically, Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has offered…
Israel releases Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi after 7 months
Israel has released Bassem Tamimi from more than seven months in detention, where he was held without charge or trial. Tamimi advocates for nonviolent opposition to Israel’s colonialism. Israeli forces…
banana giant guilty of financing death squads in Colombia
In a historic first, an American jury has held a major US corporation liable for complicity in serious human rights abuses abroad. Specifically, the case has held banana giant Chiquita…
DWP benefit deaths inquiry: can claimants give evidence?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is investigating the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)’s inhumane treatment of disabled people claiming benefits. However, there’s one big, glaring problem with…