The disciplinary system in prisons creates a pervasive sense of injustice, fuelling conflict and overcrowding, and should be overhauled, says the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Quakers in Britain have joined a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations to oppose further illegal Israeli annexation of occupied Palestine.
As the Rugby World Cup kicks off a new report highlights how the smallest countries taking part are under threat because of the aggressive fossil fuel burning of some of the richest countries.
Analysis from the New Economics Foundation has found that had the pre-1980 trend in rising leisure time continued, UK workers would be working half a day less than they do today.
Faced with grave threats to their lives and well-being, Afghanistan's human rights defenders continue to stand up for the rights of others, says Amnesty International.
More than one thousand Quakers head to London this week for a four-day meeting of witness and worship. With politics and society in a state of flux, this is a pivotal moment to consider privilege and power and how that impacts on the ability to make a difference.
Women with learning disabilities are at risk of becoming drawn into the criminal justice system due to failures to recognise their disability and a lack of appropriate support, according to a new report published by the Prison Reform Trust.
Belgium must recognise the violence and injustice of its colonial past in order to tackle the root causes of present-day racism faced by people of African descent, says a group of UN human rights experts at the end of a visit to the country.