Dear Foreign Secretary, British children are still being held in detention two years after the siege of the ISIS stronghold of Baghouz which drove the last cohort of women and children into the refugee camps of north eastern Syria. It is three months since our previous correspondence, and I again appeal to you for the… … Read more →
UK report demonstrates the need of intensifying the fight against extremism, while British children are left in Syrian refugee camps. On 24 February 2021 the British Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) launched its report “Operating with Impunity – Hateful extremism: The need for a legal framework” on the adequacy of the current legislation in dealing with hateful extremism. … Read more →
In a decisive vote, the House of Lords has proposed a fresh amendment to the trade bill; suggesting that a parliamentary panel of judicial experts be established to determine whether genocide has occurred. … Read more →
In a landmark decision, Canada’s parliament has passed a motion stating China’s treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority constitutes genocide; making them only the second nation to do so, following the United States determination in the final days of the Trump presidency. … Read more →
International NGO, Oxfam, has alleged extreme malpractice by the British government, calling the exponential increase in arms sales a key factor in the prolonging of the “brutal Saudi-led war”. … Read more →
Helena Kennedy QC stresses the need for a Scottish misogyny law that addresses hate crimes against all women, as she commences the investigation into whether a separate criminal offence of abuse against women is needed. … Read more →
Samira Zargari, an Iranian women’s ski coach, has been barred from traveling to the world championships by Iranian authorities following a request by her husband. Zaragari, who had been planning to fly to Italy, where the championships are being held, was prohibited from traveling after she denied her husband’s request that she consented to a divorce. … Read more →
On 16 February 2021, the Iranian Supreme Council of Cyberspace announced a new law, allowing judicial and government agencies to … Read more →
The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has called on the military to refrain from using violence and to fully respect human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. … Read more →
The International Observatory of Human Rights joined by scores of leading human rights organizations and esteemed members of civil society groups from across the world have written this letter to express concerns about the current sheer human rights … Read more →