In this issue

Monitoring children's rights in detention
Saudi Arabia tells UN Human Rights Council it 'does not torture'
New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched
Scotland risks 'generational gulf' in housing
UK economy '£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned' says TUC
Iain Duncan Smith, sanctions, and that video
The Archbishop’s error and owning up to prejudice
Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route

13 Mar 2016

Monitoring children's rights in detention

The Howard League for Penal Reform has helped to produce the first European Practical Guide dedicated to the monitoring of places of deprivation of liberty for children.

11 Mar 2016

Saudi Arabia tells UN Human Rights Council it 'does not torture'

Saudi Arabia has claimed to the UN Human Rights Council that it “fights torture” and guarantees fair trials – despite the planned execution of three juveniles who were tortured into 'confessions'.

10 Mar 2016

New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea was launched yesterday (9 March) following months of campaigning by Eritrea Focus.

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes

March 31, 2016

John Dear leaflet

Launch of 'Foxes Have Holes: Christian Responses to Housing Need'

April 14, 2016

Foxes draft cover

11 Mar 2016

Scotland risks 'generational gulf' in housing

An Ipsos MORI Scotland for Shelter Scotland shows that 90 per cent of people in Scotland think that the children of today will find it harder to buy or rent a home than the generation before them.

14 Mar 2016

UK economy '£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned' says TUC

The UK economy is £140 billion smaller than the government predicted in 2010, according to new analysis published yesterday (13 March) by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in its Budget statement.

11 Mar 2016

Iain Duncan Smith, sanctions, and that video

We have, sadly, become accustomed to politicians making dubious claims, or even telling what appear to be lies when they feel cornered, or are trying to make a weak argument seem stronger.

11 Mar 2016

The Archbishop’s error and owning up to prejudice

“Fears about mass immigration are completely reasonable, says Archbishop of Canterbury”, read a headline in the Sun newspaper, with the subheading “Justi

10 Mar 2016

Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route

European leaders, meeting on 7 March in Brussels, have closed the Balkan route being used by refugees to enter and travel through the EU, in a move Christian Aid warns could be inhumane.