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Human rights

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds
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Benefits

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds

Amnesty International UK is urging the government to stop its plans for benefit cuts – as the social security system is already 'violating human rights'
Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences
Hands typing on a keyboard/ Caption: Could AI predict murder?
Jake Hurfurt

Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
Jen Clark

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

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'Dictators die, the people live on': What Syria's revolution means for those who fled Assad's regime
Syria

'Dictators die, the people live on': What Syria's revolution means for those who fled Assad's regime

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage
a group of people reading and writing
Tanya

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage

'Shameful' Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It's a 'moment of great danger' for human rights
Sportswashing

'Shameful' Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It's a 'moment of great danger' for human rights

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis
People collecting food at a food bank
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest

Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all
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Chiara Capraro

Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
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Israel-Gaza war

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts
DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts
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Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'
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Public toilets

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds
Transgender rights

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
Brassic FM - a DJ and a woman dancing
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
London Pride 2019
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies
voter ID uk
Politics

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider
Faith/ disabled/ hoist
Disability

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it
public order bill
Public Order Bill

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it

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Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police
Policing bill
Protest

Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights
Dominic Raab, International Human Rights Day
Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Immigration

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised
Peter Tatchell
Paul McNamee

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised

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