Government ends suspension of funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
David Lammy has announced that the government is overturning the suspension of funding to the United Nations’ agency…
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Labour looks to derail attempts at a Tory reset following national mourning period
The end of the national mourning period following the Queen’s death also marks the end of something of…
On Human Rights Day, the challenges at home and abroad could not be greater
Today, December 10th, we mark Human Rights Day – the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration…
The UK should lead the call for an independent inquiry into the Beirut port explosion
Following three days of frantic searching through the rubble at the port of Beirut, rescue teams finally gave…
Mo Mowlam would have been the ideal leader for a drug reform movement
Kelly Grehan wrote movingly about the importance of not forgetting Mo Mowlam’s extraordinary contribution to the peace in…
“The desire to help create a better life for all burns within us” – Corbyn speech at UN
Speaking at the United Nation’s Geneva headquarters today, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said: Thank…
Britain “complicit” in human rights abuses, Corbyn will tell United Nations
The Tories’ support for Britain’s arms industry means it is “complicit” in human rights abuses, Jeremy Corbyn will…
Rushanara Ali: British MPs must pile more pressure on Burma to end the shameful violence against the Rohingya
On Wednesday morning, the United Nations’ human rights office published their latest report into the persecution of Rohingya…
Labour has always spoken up for the oppressed – now it must lead the way in defending the Rohingya
It may be hard to believe that – fewer than 100 years after the Holocaust – a religious…
Alison McGovern: If Britain does nothing amid the horror of Syria then we allow a terrible new world order to take hold
There have been times over the last five years when I have sat in the House of Commons…
