Law firm Public Interest Lawyers is to close. The UK’s national equality watchdog has published a report into race inequality in the UK today. On the brighter side, Friday 19 August was World Humanitarian Day!
Human rights in the news
- Bulk data collection is vital to prevent terrorism in UK, according to report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation [Guardian]
- Law firm Public Interest Lawyers is closing down, amid much controversy [Guardian] [Daily Mail] [BBC]
- Role of UK police in training Bahrain’s forces ‘ignores abuses’ [Guardian]
- Comment piece on the Guardian: Theresa May promised to tackle corporate atrocities. Now she must keep her word. [Guardian]
This week on RightsInfo
- Ethnic Minorities In Britain Face “Entrenched Race Inequality” – UK’s National Equality Body [RightsInfo]
- On World Humanitarian Day, We Salute Life-Saving Humanitarian Aid Organisations [RightsInfo]
- Great British Humanitarians And Aid Workers [RightsInfo]
- Where Do The Labour Party Leadership Candidates Stand On Human Rights? [RightsInfo]
- The Child Sex Abuse Inquiry Has Another New Chair [RightsInfo]
- Humanitarianism And What It Means For Human Rights [RightsInfo]
This week in the Twitterverse
European Convention on #HumanRights – why it matters. Beautiful infographics by @rights_info https://t.co/AMYj3nNG4T pic.twitter.com/EANYypBJMa
— APT Geneva (@apt_geneva) August 18, 2016
Where @UKLabour leadership candidates #JeremyCorbyn and #OwenSmith stand on human rights – https://t.co/8UanEj7lAK #rightsinfo @rights_info
— Sian Lea (@SianLea) August 17, 2016
Now on @Channel4News, @EHRCChair David Isaac will discuss #race inequality with @simonisrael https://t.co/8O0PHCygQA pic.twitter.com/X2PZ7G0PjY
— EHRC (@EHRC) August 18, 2016
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