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August 27, 2020

UK armed forces providing training for some of world’s most repressive regimes

From 2018-2020 the UK provided military training for countries with an appalling record on human rights and international aggression, says Campaign Against Arms Trade.
August 7, 2020

Call for Pakistan's anti-corruption agency to stop abusing rights

The National Accountability Bureau uses draconian powers to intimidate and harass opponents of the government, says Human Rights Watch.
August 1, 2019

Report highlights criminalisation of land and environmental defenders

A Global Witness report highlights the use of terrorism laws and aggressive legal attacks by powerful elites to crush protest.
April 9, 2019

The global economic system is broken, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid believes that oppression is deeply embedded in the way the global economic system operates.
March 9, 2019

Death, failure, oppression and hope in Lent

Mortality, weakness, poverty and oppression – the Ash Wednesday service throws light on what is wrong in the world and ourselves.
July 1, 2018

New President of Methodist Conference promises 'a year of radical grace'

New President says Methodists need to 'make a nuisance of ourselves again in the market place and in the public square.'
June 26, 2018

Dalit rights activist detained in India

The arrest of Dalits rights activists appear to be politically motivated, say Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
January 13, 2018

Remembering Sivanandan: social justice activist and thinker

Ambalavaner Sivanandan, an activist, thinker and novelist, died on 3 January 2018, aged 94.
March 6, 2017

Lent and resistance in troubled times

Many Christians throughout the world are observing Lent, traditionally a season of spiritual reflection, self-discipline and repentance.
August 9, 2015

Anti-migrant rhetoric and the realities of terror

Are you more afraid of being tortured, shot, beheaded or forced to murder your neighbours to save your own life? If threatened, how far would you run to escape?