How an Islamist made the case for secularism
A Pakistani cleric has found himself a victim of the very laws that he promotes.
human rights
The EU must be more vocal in its criticism of Vladimir Putin
While European governments have taken action against Russia’s violations of Ukrainian sovereignty, too little is being done about its violations of the rights and freedoms of its own population.
The Conservatives’ plan to scrap the Human Rights Act will be applauded by dictators around the world
Chris Grayling’s proposals are a calculated move to win over UKIP’s growing constituency of angry little men
The biggest threat to our human rights comes not from European judges in Strasbourg but from the Conservative party
As the Kremlin looks on with glee, the Labour message must be clear: not in our name.
The Tory double-think on human rights
If we want to champion human rights abroad, we cannot undermine them at home.
Labour’s alternative to the Tories’ assault on workers’ rights
There is an obvious link between Tory disdain at the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act – and it closely involved workers’ rights
Labour must never turn its back on human rights
The left should highlight the ways human rights help ordinary people on a daily basis.
‘Rouhani smiles better. He talks better. But no changes have taken place’
Iram Ramzan recently caught up with Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a talk about women’s rights, President Rouhani and the situation inside Iran.
The PM’s role in securing a probe into Sri Lanka’s human rights violations should extend to India’s massacre of Sikhs
The truth of what happened in India in 1984 deserves to be told, writes Hardeep Singh.
We’re failing to win the argument on human rights
It’s not just that we’re denied space to make the argument, it’s that we’ve failed to make a convincing case for human rights, argues Andrew Noakes.