Human Rights

Human Rights

• Rail blockade: indigenous resistance shakes the Canadian state

  

  Indigenous groups resisting a destructive gas pipeline have blockaded one of Canada's busiest rail lines bringing business as usual to a grinding halt, reports John Clarke

• Press freedom and the case of Julian Assange

  

  On February 4^th a large crowd attended London’s Royal National Hotel for a public rally in support of Julian Assange, reports Peter Bird

• The government's attacks on Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are an attack on us all

  

  The government consultation aiming to criminalise the lives of some of Britain's most vulnerable and persecuted groups is disgraceful and must be resisted by us all, writes Norbert Lawrie

• Huge numbers join Catalonia's general strike for freedom

  

  Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona and around the territory today in defence of democracy and their right to independence, reports Chris Bambery

• Nia Griffith has to go, say Labour members

  

  Over 1,500 Labour Party members have signed an open letter calling for Nia Griffith’s resignation, reports Shabbir Lakha

• Is Sajid Javid's deprivation of Shamima Begum's citizenship legal?

  

  Looking at the law, it's clear that the Home Office decision to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship is incorrect, argues Attiq Malik

• Revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship is unjustifiable

  

  Removing Shamima Begum's citizenship is a violation of international and human rights law and would set a dangerous precedent, argues Shabbir Lakha

• The UN has condemned Britain 16 times in the last decade and here’s why

  

  As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, T.J. Coles documents recent examples of the UK falling short

• Bloody Friday in Gaza: a great return massacre

  

  An unarmed, civilian protest from a people who have been oppressed for decades, results in bloodshed and massacre.

• Catalan Spring? Resistance fills the streets as ex-President arrested in Germany

  

  Marching on the motorways and confronting police violence, the mass movement has returned with a new defiance, reports Jack Hazeldine

• Not One Step Back: Catalonia rises in protest as 5 ex-ministers imprisoned

  

  Escalating repression by the Spanish state has sparked huge anger and an appetite for militant action, reports Mathew Barton from Tarragona

• Morroco’s Makhzen: repression and resistance

  

  Fallout from the Arab Spring continues to permeate North African struggles, writes Richard Greeman

• Syria: a war without end?

  

  As aid convoys to Syria are suspended, Jonathan Maunders takes a look at where we are, and where we are going to 

• The EU is no friend to refugees

  

  The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha

• To stop the far right we must oppose the EU

  

  Kevin Ovenden argues for an internationalist approach to the European crisis in the second half of a two-part series on the European question

• Angola: students and political detainees must be freed

  

  An unfinished post-conflict transition in Angola and the pursuit of oil wealth by a powerful elite has meant a crackdown on resistance

• Video: 'Refugees welcome here' demo in London

  

  Video of speeches from the London demonstration in support of refugees - including Jeremy Corbyn

• The establishment campaign against Cage - smeared for defending human rights

  

  The attack on Cage is part of the more general assault on politically active Muslims and an attempt to push Muslim organisations to the margins of public life

• David Cameron is making political capital out of carnage

  

  David Cameron describes the threat of terrorism in Britain as an ‘existential threat’. This is preposterous, and he knows it

• Counter-extremism or full spectrum idiocy?

  

  The government’s ‘counter-extremism’ crackdown won't reduce the threat, and is more likely to increase marginalization of British Muslims and the alienation that groups like Isis attempt to feed on argues Matt Carr

• Magna Carta: a tradition of rebellion

  

  Foundation of British democracy or historical relic? Dominic Alexander looks at how the meaning of Magna Carta has always been shaped by class struggle and rebellion

• The force may be with you

  

  Theresa May’s proposed new anti-terror laws further demonise Muslims and threaten the rights of everyone who opposes the government argues Elly Badcock

• Video: CAGE take on the Charity Commission

  

  Human Rights advocacy group CAGE are to take the Charity Commission to court for unlawful use of powers against them. CAGE spokesperson, Cerie Bullivant joins presenter John Rees in the studio

• Counterfire Freesheet May 2015

  

  Counterfire's new free sheet edition 001, May 2015

• 3 police officers forcibly strip a vulnerable child without calling her mum. Is that acceptable?

  

  A 14-year-old girl, who had been a victim of sexual abuse was arrested and forcibly stripped of all her clothes by police officers - It's not an isolated case write Shauneen Lambe and Paola Uccellari

• Saving Sushil: Sheffield community campaigns against deportation of Buddhist monk

  

  The planned deportation of asylum seeker Sushilananda Sraman exposes our government's disregard for human rights