Queen’s Speech: Counter-extremism strategy must uphold progressive values
David Cameron’s muscular liberal approach to combatting extremism should ring alarm bells
human rights
The EU ‘has played a crucial role in promoting LGBT rights’
Ian McKellen has celebrated the EU’s record of preventing anti-LGBT discrimination
The Tory surveillance bill would make Putin proud
History shows that security services don’t always use their powers to protect the public
While everyone watches the elections, the government pushes discriminatory new policing measures
Border control measures are being imposed on virtually every area of life in Britain
Is Theresa May willing to trade human rights for Tory leadership?
After coming out in support of the EU, the home secretary needs to win back the Tory right wing
House of Lords votes to stop the detention of pregnant women in immigration centres
Peers supported the amendment to the Immigration Bill with a margin of 59 votes
Is Britain doing enough to oppose unjust executions?
Use of the death penalty surged to a 25-year high in 2015, according to Amnesty International
Turkey is illegally forcing refugees back to Syria
The legitimacy of the EU-Turkey deal is already in tatters, as Amnesty reports asylum-seekers are being forcibly returned to Syria
International press coverage of Rio 2016 could change the course of Brazilian politics
Rio’s mayor has presidential aspirations, but they depend on little attention being given to human rights abuses connected with this year’s Olympics
Europe’s migration deal with Turkey is unworkable and probably illegal
We can expect violent scenes as desperate people resist being returned to Turkey