Over 24,000 UK asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda despite court ruling
Home Office sent 24,083 letters of intent warning refugees they were being considered for forcible removal More than 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of...
Category : Law
Battle over Rwanda deportations to continue as No 10 gears up for appeal
Sunak insists Rwanda is safe country to be sent to after court rules in favour of charities and 10 asylum seekers The bitter legal battle...
Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups
Deaths and alleged abuse of Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia fuels demands for Nairobi to act on human rights Rights groups have expressed concern that...
Anguish as rape survivors in Sudan unable to access vital medication
Emergency contraception, HIV-prevention and abortion drugs are locked in a warehouse in Khartoum – leaving women to turn to desperate measures Rape survivors in the...
Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff
Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made...
Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed...
Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide
Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 people One of the world’s most wanted genocide suspects, a...
Malawi’s Rastafarian children return to school after ban on dreadlocks is lifted
Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed education because of their hair About 1,200 Rastafarian children...
Grain trader Cargill faces legal challenge in US over Brazilian soya supply chain
World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violations The world’s largest grain trader, Cargill, is facing a first-ever...
UK ‘should impose sanctions on human rights abusers in Sudan’ – report
UK all-party group says failure to bring to justice Darfur abusers 20 years ago has led to current violence Sudan crisis – latest updates The...
