Tories threaten campaign to leave ECHR if Rwanda flights are blocked
‘Expect the worst from Tories. They want to join Russia and Belarus as the only countries outside the ECHR.’
human rights
Illegal Migration Bill suffers multiple defeats in House of Lords
Lords vote to reject key elements of the widely condemned Bill
Suella Braverman faces legal action over new anti-protest legislation
‘The Home Secretary has side-lined Parliament to sneak in new legislation via the back door, despite not having the powers to do so.’
Restoring the right to protest is intrinsic to any positive agenda of government
Past protests have led to powerful steps forward and shaped British history for the better.
Tory MP charged with racially abusing activist
Stewart was filmed last year telling a Bahraini dissident who was imprisoned and tortured for his human rights activism in the country to ‘go back to Bahrain’
Wera Hobhouse MP: ‘The Public Order Act has ‘no place in our society’
‘The Home Secretary needs to accept that The Public Order Act was a complete misstep and order a review of the legislation’
Tories accept £5 million from Egyptian-born billionaire who served as minister in brutal regime of Hosni Mubarak
The Tories clearly have no issue with appointing someone who served in the regime of a brutal dictator, to a senior post within their party or accepting his money.
Boris Johnson ‘squared up’ to King Charles in confrontation over Rwanda policy
“The impression I got is that Prince Charles at the time was squirming, trying to deny he’d said this.”
Strikes Bill threatens workers’ protection from unfair dismissal says equalities watchdog
‘The Bill raises several human rights considerations’ – latest damning report of Strikes Bill
Suella Braverman admits her Immigration Bill may not be legal
The government unveiled its new proposals yesterday