Qatar state visit to UK disrupted by human rights activists
The Peter Tatchell Foundation staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday 3 December against the state visit to Britain by the emir of Qatar, citing the Gulf nation’s appalling abuse of…
Labour is still not going far enough on workers rights
Twelve leading academic employment relations experts have written to the Labour Party government calling on policymakers to strengthen trade unions‘ right to be consulted on major business decisions. The academics…
Egypt secured a £79m UK arms licence amid human rights abuses
The UK has recently signed the largest single arms licence on record to Egypt, as a British-Egyptian political prisoner remains arbitrarily detained. The news comes amid growing concern over Egypt’s…
Carla Denyer tables crucial amendment on Renters’ Rights Bill
Green Party MP and co-leader Carla Denyer has backed Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) positions on licensing in a speech to a committee of MPs scrutinising the Labour Party…
Renters’ Rights Bill has flaws around funding, expert warns MPs
A Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) expert member has highlighted key concerns about enforcement and licensing to a committee of MPs scrutinising the Labour Party government’s Renters’ Rights Bill…
Thank EU For The Music calls on Starmer to ‘reset’ musician rights
The following article is a comment piece from campaign group Thank EU For The Music, about Starmer’s meeting this week Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen are meeting in…
Renters’ Rights Bill is a half-baked piece of tinkering at the edges
The Labour Party government has introduced its Renters’ Rights Bill. Supporters of Keir Starmer have hailed the proposed legislation as somehow revelatory. However, in reality much of it is just…
DRC fortress conservation: human rights abuses rife
The perfect storm of fortress conservation, Western military aid, and rampant resource extractivism for rich nations is fomenting a cycle of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Reform Richard Tice spouts guff on scrapping human rights
According to Farage wing-man and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice MP, the majority of the British public want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Of course,…
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”…
Disabled people already protesting over their basic rights
Chronically ill and disabled people took over Parliament Square to demand that the new Labour Party government undo years of damage caused by the Tories. From the DWP to social…
Tories weaponising trans rights to lay cover for failures on women
‘We know what a woman is. Keir Starmer doesn’t’, tweeted the Tories, signalling the start of another week of them desperately trying to be relevant – by weaponising trans rights. …