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Open letter: When the UN calls out poverty in the UK, the government must listen

28 June, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: 50 leading poverty and inequality groups and activists write to the UK government demanding change.

As the bombs drop on Gaza again, a new group is standing up for Palestine

Tony Burke
26 March, 2019

On Monday, Israeli forces began dropping bombs in the Gaza strip, in response to a rocket. Labour activists are organising for Palestine.

In 2018, the UK continued to support the repressive government of the UAE

Joe Odell
28 December, 2018

2018 was a miserable year for government critics in the UAE

International corporations come out in defence of human rights campaigners

10 December, 2018

Multimillion pound brands including Primark and Adidas are backing the move. Ana Zbona writes

Welsh Uni accused of “whitewashing UAE’s appalling human rights record”

Joe Lo
16 November, 2018

An Emirati minister was honoured while a British student was in solitary confinement on espionage charges

Deliveroo

This gig-economy giant is being taken to the High Court on possible human rights breaches

Joana Ramiro
13 November, 2018

This food delivery app may bring chicken katsu to your door in 20 minutes, but its couriers can’t join a union. A judicial review may change that.

Labour calls for Kuwait to free unfairly-imprisoned Russian woman

Joe Lo
29 October, 2018

Labour says EU should protect human rights all the time, not just in headline-grabbing cases

Several reasons why women are right to fear Brexit

Joana Ramiro
23 July, 2018

A new report by the human rights watchdog warned that Brexit would affect women’s rights. From work legislation to economic downturn, women stand the most to lose from the divorce.

Gig economy bosses may be about to take a mighty beating

Josiah Mortimer
15 June, 2018

The IWGB has been allowed to take forward its case that Deliveroo riders have the right to formal representation through their union.

The government just got savaged in the Lords over human rights

Joana Ramiro
24 April, 2018

Lord Pannick led the charge against May’s Brexiteer Cabinet in a debate over keeping EU’s human rights charter in British law – and won.

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