Palestine demonstrations – Was it important for the police to be called?
The letter from the police arrived when I was out. It was early March. I’d been at a meeting with actors and artists, discussing how we could collectively speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza. After the meeting, I saw multiple missed calls. My wife had opened the letter, and Continue Reading
SHEINS FLOTATION ANGERS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Stop Uyghur Genocide, a UK-based human rights charity, has launched a legal campaign against the planned listing of Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein on the London Stock Exchange. The group, represented by law firm Leigh Day, claims that minority Uyghur people are being used as forced labour at some of Shein’s Continue Reading
Worldwide Legal News June 2024
Representatives from Liberty, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Inclusion London held a press briefing in Westminster to urge politicians and the public to remain vigilant about human rights issues during the election campaign. They warned about the reduction in worker’s and migrant’s rights in recent years and called for Continue Reading
27 Asphyxiated Dead Ethiopian Immigrants Discovered in Zambia
27 suspected Ethiopian migrants’ dead and suffocated bodies were discovered in the capital of Zambia. On the outskirts of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, at least 27 suspected migrants from Ethiopia were discovered dead, smothered, and maybe thrown from a truck.Security personnel only discovered one survivor who was “not breathing,” according to Continue Reading
Zimbabwe: Detention of Sikhala and Sithole is “unjust and abusive”
The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey Sithole reveals the politicised justice system in Zimbabwe, Amnesty International said today, as 100 days have passed since their incarceration. Lucia Masuka, Executive Director of Amnesty International Zimbabwe, said: “The ongoing arbitrary detention of Continue Reading
Mass Graves in Izium Show Cost of Russia’s Aggression
The discovery of mass graves in Izium district of Ukraine confirms the dark cost of Russian aggression Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia responded to the reported discovery of a mass burial site.“These newly reported discoveries confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world Continue Reading
