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November 22, 2020

Biden Transition Team briefed on Northern Ireland's Brexit fears

Civil society groups are extremely concerned by the impact that Brexit is having on the protection of the rights and equality provisions in the Good Friday Agreement.
November 1, 2020

'Amnesty Academy' app launched to teach human rights to new generation of activists

The free app is available on iOS and Android in more than 20 languages, to ensure that people worldwide know and can claim their human rights.
October 14, 2020

A fantasy Cabinet for a better reality

On top of its countless other failings, one of the features of our current government is an absence of fresh or original thinking.
September 26, 2020

Quakers call for spending on green and just recovery

Quakers in Britain have set out their priorities in a submission to the government's Comprehensive Spending Review in the areas of climate change, criminal justice, defence, education, immigration and charities.
September 3, 2020

Scotland set to incorporate UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the Bill will build children’s rights into the fabric of decision making in Scotland.
August 16, 2020

Ubele Initiative calls for public inquiry into impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities

Studies announced by the government are not a substitute for an independent public inquiry, says The Ubele Initiative.
July 15, 2020

The Sunak approach: those who have much will be given more

This government’s modus operandi increasingly reminds me a of a verse from Matthew’s gospel – but not in a good way.
June 21, 2020

Black Lives Matter: church, state and conflict in USA and UK

Two photographs, each of an American man holding a Bible, have been widely seen in news reports across the world.
June 16, 2020

Prison Reform Trust calls on government to reverse PAVA spray roll out

Prisoners from BAME backgrounds are more likely to have force used against them than white prisoners.
May 29, 2020

One Boat Chaplaincy: a global response to COVID-19

An online initiaitive, One Boat Chaplaincy, has been launched to consider new perspectives and alliances which might be created between churches and their communities in a post COVID-19 world.