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Politicians who really care about soldiers should call for more human rights legislation, not less

Symon Hill
13 November, 2019

Promising to end the non-existent witch-hunt allows Boris Johnson to appear to help veterans while doing nothing to address their actual needs.

RAF Sea King helicopter - credit Jon Cully

No response from MoD on worker asbestos exposure

Fleur Doidge
8 August, 2019

Unite request for full disclosure of risks on Gloucestershire military site goes unanswered.

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.

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