George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in brother’s memory
From AP/ By MOHAMED IBRAHIM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters,…
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
From AP/DAVID CRARY and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — In agreeing to hear a potentially groundbreaking abortion case, the Supreme Court…
Summit to help those most vulnerable fight climate change
From UKGov/ From: Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP COP26 President Alok Sharma speech at the Climate and Development…
Homeless Bill of Rights
From Pressat/ Homeless Rights.org Brighton & Hove becomes the first city in the UK to adopt the Homeless Bill of…
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes conclusions of the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
From UKGov/ Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 46th session on Thursday, adopting important resolutions on…
Uyghurs – recognise China’s actions as ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity’, say international Jewish human rights organisations
From Pressat/ René Cassin On Monday the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States approved the imposition of…
Treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang: Foreign Secretary’s statement, 22 March 2021
From UKGov/ Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement to…
Lafarge Canada celebrates women in the workplace
From Pressat/ Lafarge Canada As we proudly announced last week, we were awarded one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for the 7th…
Third national lockdown devastates Big Issue North vendors
From GovUK/ Big Issue On the 23rd of March, the anniversary of the beginning of England’s first lockdown, Big Issue North…
UN Human Rights Council 46: Item 2 General Debate
From UKGov/ The UK’s Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement during the Item…