QUAKERS ARRESTED BY 20 POLICE FOR DISCUSSIONS ON GAZA AND CLIMATE
Six young women, including Jennifer Kennedy, were arrested by twenty police officers at the Quaker meeting house in Westminster last week. The arrests were not related to a plot to blow up parliament or poison the water supply, but rather to a protest group called Youth Demand, which was discussing Continue Reading
UN DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
In recent years, the term “social justice” has become a significant part of public discourse, often invoked in discussions about equality, human rights, and societal reforms. But what exactly does social justice mean, and why is it so important? The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing 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
EU REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN VIOLENCE ON YOUNG LGBTQ+
The report ‘LGBTIQ equality at a crossroads: progress and challenges’ highlights the experiences, views, and challenges LGBTIQ people face in Europe. It also highlights the changes since FRA’s (European Union Agency on Fundamental Rights) previous surveys in 2019 and 2012. The findings reveal signs of slow but gradual progress, with Continue Reading
Gay Times is 40
Gay Times is a British LGBTQ+ magazine that has a long history of providing news, features, and entertainment for the LGBTQ+ community in the United Kingdom. The magazine was first published in 1984 and has since become one of the leading LGBTQ+ publications in the UK. Gay Times was originally Continue Reading
The 709 Crackdown in China
The massive arrest and detainment of several known civil rights lawyers in China, became kbown as the 709 Crackdown of China (or the 709 Case). This action was designed to display the Chinese Communist Party ultimate power through the government’s preoccupation with public order and maintaining security in Chinese contemporary Continue Reading
