New guidelines will allow immigration detainees to be put in solitary confinement for being “stubborn”, a leading human rights campaign group has said. Liberty condemned the “unprecedented” new Home Office
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The head of civil rights group Liberty has accused the Government of deliberately fostering a hostile environment for immigrants which has helped fuel a spike in hate crime after the
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Two children who were taken into care have won a family court damages fight after a judge criticised the way a council had handled their case. Judge Stuart Farquhar said
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The NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) is seeking your views on the way it communicates with individuals and organisations across Wales. The CEHR is keen to further
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David Cameron will risk a major row with opposition MPs and civil liberties organisations by pushing ahead with plans for a new Bill of Rights. The Government will publish proposals
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The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) have launched a new set of films and an eBook exploring the Human Rights Act, its role in our democracy, and its achievements in
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Shami Chakrabarti, one of Britain’s most vocal civil liberties supporters, is to leave human rights campaign group Liberty. The 46-year-old announced her departure from her role as the organisation’s director
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Dr Simon Hoffman, from the College of Law and Criminology at Swansea University has been asked to act as Vice Chair of a working group that will develop proposals for
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The body representing local authorities in Scotland has launched its a new plan for disabled people based on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the
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A landmark legal challenge to relax Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws has been successful. The challenge was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), which wants access to
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