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9 Jan 2021

Amnesty condemns assault on Capitol as 'moment of reckoning' for the US.

Amnesty Interntional has condemned President Trump for having "fanned the flames of the chaos and violence" following the breach of the US Capitol.
9 Jan 2021

UCL makes formal public apology for its history and legacy of eugenics

As a community, we reject eugenics entirely and are taking a range of actions to acknowledge and address our historical links with the eugenics movement, said UCL President, Professor Michale Arthur.
8 Jan 2021

One million Universal Credit claimants have deductions from their payments

Households are living on less than their assessed need due to deductions for an advance to cover the five week wait, finds Child Poverty Action Group.
8 Jan 2021

'Unnecessarily cruel' decision to keep Julian Assange detained, says RSF

The decision is the latest in a long line of disproportionately punitive measures against Assange, says said RSF’s Rebecca Vincent.
8 Jan 2021

UN calls for release of 53 arrested under Hong Kong's National Security Law

The arrests indicate that the offence of subversion under the National Security Law is being used to detain individuals for exercising legitimate rights to participate in political and public life, says a spokeswoman for the OHCHR.
7 Jan 2021

Half a million renters in arrears in England as evictions set to resume

Citizens Advice is warning that without further help for renters an 'avalanche' of evictions could take place in the spring.
7 Jan 2021

World Bank expects global economy to expand by 4% in 2021

The World Bank Group has issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year.
7 Jan 2021

Essential workers face COVID-19 risk because of outdated safety rules, says TUC

Health and Safety Executive inspections must increase dramatically, to root out dangerous practice that spreads the virus, says the TUC.
6 Jan 2021

Lockdown, learning, and the Bedroom Tax

Almost every child under 11 in the UK has been born under a Conservative government.
6 Jan 2021

Food aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger

Emergency food parcels cannot address worsening poverty, and their provision could contribute to the spread of COVID-19, says the Independent Food Aid Network.
6 Jan 2021

Palestinian activist faces long jail sentence

Amnesty International believes all the charges against Issa Amro are politically-motivated and linked to his peaceful work in exposing Israel’s human rights violations.
6 Jan 2021

Summer temperatures could rise faster in UK than average global rates, study finds

The UK could be facing a future of extreme heatwaves according to a new study in which scientists mapped almost 40 years’ worth of trends to project what lies ahead.
5 Jan 2021

Children in Afghanistan 'face illness, even death', in freezing conditions

Plastic sheeting may be all that separates children from temperatures which can drop to minus 27 degrees Celsius, says Save the Children.
5 Jan 2021

Employers should offer furlough to parents affected by school closures, says TUC

Self-employed working parents will also need help, and should have automatic access to the self-employed income support scheme, says the TUC.
5 Jan 2021

Top 1% has almost £800 billion more wealth than official statistics show

Research by the Resolution Foundation finds that data held by the Office for National Statistics misses almost £800 billion of assets held by the wealthiest one per cent of households

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