In October 2020 reporters filed a complaint with the Swedish prosecutor for international crimes, accusing Eritrea’s President and other officials of holding the journalist Dawit Isaak incommunicado since 2001.
Human Rights
JUSTICE response to Independent Human Rights Act Review
In December 2020, the Government announced an independent review to examine the framework of the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”), how it is operating in practice and whether any change is required.
Imprisonment for Public Protection jail terms ‘a death sentence’
Aged 18 he committed three violent offences and was convicted. He was told the minimum time he’d be in prison would be three and a half years. But 16 years and 17 jails later he’s still there, “left to rot”, he says.
Black Lives Matter Movement nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politician Petter Eide for mobilising a world-wide fight against inequality and racial injustice.
Black people are being failed by the UK’s equality watchdog, say MP’s
The EHRC is failing to protect Black people’s human rights. The Joint Committee on Human Rights examined racial inequalities in Britain highlighted across health, criminal justice, immigration and democracy.
BLM UK gains legal status and renames as Black Liberation Movement UK
Registration enables campaign group to access donations of £1.2m. Activists from the Black Lives Matter UK campaign have placed their organisation on an official footing, marking it with a change of name.
Former soldiers angered by UK plans for Iraq war crimes ‘amnesty’
Concerns are growing among human rights groups and ex-soldiers about UK government plans for a new law to protect British soldiers from prosecution for any acts of murder or torture committed after the invasion of Iraq.
Mother of boy who died in state custody warned CPS he was in danger
The death of a 3-year-old Fort Worth boy who died Easter Sunday in state custody is being investigated as a murder, and his mother said she warned child welfare workers weeks ago that he was being physically abused.
