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December 31, 2020

Call for domestic abuse bill to reflect lived experience of coercive control

Women's Aid wants to see coercive and controlling behaviour named as a form of harm to children in the Domestic Abuse Bill which enters the House of Lords on 5 January 2021.
December 15, 2020

Child arrests in England and Wales reduced by 71 per cent in a decade

The Howard League has been working with police forces to reduce arrests of children, to ensure that hundreds of thousands of boys and girls do not have their lives blighted by a criminal record.
December 6, 2020

Law Commission recommends reform of offence of misconduct in public office

Outdated and unclear laws governing misconduct in public office should be reformed, the Law Commission has announced.
November 12, 2020

Human rights of Black people not equally protected, say Committee

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been unable to adequately provide leadership and gain trust in tackling racial inequality in the protection and promotion of human rights, says the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
October 31, 2020

Call for suspension and review of UK military and police training in Nigeria

The UK has provided training and communications equipment to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit which has been linked to extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, unlawful detention and other abuses.
October 17, 2020

Commons passes agent crime bill without limits

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, which grants every police force in Britain, MI5 and a broad range of other governmental bodies the power to authorise undercover agents to commit crimes, has passed its third reading in the Commons
September 29, 2020

Thousands of women arrested unnecessarily each year, finds APPG

Thousands of women in distress are being arrested unnecessarily each year instead of being given the help and support they need, a cross-party panel of MPs and peers has found.
September 21, 2020

Children's Society calls for national strategy on child criminal exploitation

The Government should end the postcode lottery when it comes to identifying children at risk of exploitation and offering support, says The Children's Society.
July 22, 2020

The Children's Society comments on new Missing Persons Data Report

Looked after children are more likely to go missing and will often be even more vulnerable to exploitation.
July 13, 2020

'Landmark decision' for press freedom as Northern Ireland court rules against police

In August 2018, it was estimated that up to 100 police officers from the PSNI and Durham Constabulary raided two journalists’ homes and offices, seizing documents and computers, which the men are fighting to have returned.