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  • November 11, 2010
    BT urged to disconnect from human rights abuses

    Human rights campaigners are today calling on BT to end its complicity in 'serious' breaches of international law and human rights abuses.

  • September 15, 2010
    Pressure stepped up on government to ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements

    Campaigners yesterday stepped up their pressure on the British government to ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements after Israel’s Prime MBenjamin, Netanyahu signalled he will not extend a partial moratorium on settlement construction.

  • August 29, 2010
    Israeli settlement trade in the spotlight

    The recent acquittal of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, says Simon Natas, a lawyer involved in the case.

  • July 3, 2010
    WCC chief commends Methodists for 'daring more than words' on Israel Palestine

    The World Council of Churches General Secretary has welcomed the British Methodist Conference's “forward looking" resolutions on a just peace for Palestine and Israel.

  • May 23, 2009
    Kirk refuses to stop selling goods from occupied Palestinian territories

    The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh this week, today decided to continue selling goods from illegally occupied territories at its hotel centre in Tiberias in northern Israel - to the dismay of many in the Church.

  • February 27, 2008
    Topshop faces ethical consumer rebellion

    Big-name, mass supply high street store Topshop is facing increasing criticism from its core customers, with students and young people protesting over charges about sweatshop conditions in the company's supply chain.

  • January 22, 2008
    Europe gears up to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2008

    Organisers of events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday 27 January 2008 say that a large number of civic and faith groups across Europe are due to take part, including British Muslims.

  • October 17, 2007
    Brown seeks European support on action over Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe is seeking to put pressure on other European Union countries to back off Britain's tough stance on human rights there, as the diplomatic debate over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposal to send an envoy to the country continues.

  • October 16, 2007
    Amnesty, abortion and the abuse of women

    There is a continuing row between Amnesty International and the Vatican over access to abortion by women who have been abused and raped. Here AI explains its policy and contests representations of it by some critics and campaigners.

  • September 29, 2007
    Bradford church blockades Total garage over Burma crisis

    A progressive church in Bradford is calling on all churches to advocate a boycott on Total garages during the present crisis in Burma - because the company is seen as an important prop to the murderous regime there.