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UN experts say Bill of Rights could ‘undermine enjoyment of human rights in UK’

The Bill of Rights may undermine the enjoyment of human rights in the UK if adopted, in particular the rights to fair trial, UN experts have warned. In a letter addressed to the UK Government, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council said ...

22 Aug 2022 at 21:19

Patel welcomes High Court ruling on Rwanda scheme as campaigners vow to fight on

Campaign groups have vowed to keep fighting after losing a High Court bid to block the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda as Home Secretary Priti Patel welcomed the ruling. The Prince of Wales was reported as privately describing the ...

11 Jun 2022 at 00:21

World

Russia rejects pullout from Ukraine as condition for talks

Russia said on Friday that Western demands it should pull out completely from Ukraine as part of any future talks to end the war effectively rule out any such negotiations, as Russian strikes continued. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...

02 Dec 2022 at 17:04

100 MPs and lords sign letter calling for action to free jailed British-Egyptian

A letter signed by more than 100 MPs and lords is to be submitted to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly calling for fresh action to help free pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been incarcerated in Egypt for most of the ...

03 Jul 2023 at 06:00

World

UN ousts Russia from Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the UN’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to ...

07 Apr 2022 at 18:25

Taoiseach calls for more international pressure on Israel after genocide report

The Taoiseach has called for an intensification of international pressure on Israel to stop its assault on Gaza following a UN-commissioned report which found that genocide is being committed. The finding was reached by independent ...

16 Sept 2025 at 15:29

Case for Israeli sanctions ‘unanswerable’ after UN report, says Swinney

The case for the UK imposing sanctions on members of the Israeli Government for its actions in Gaza is now “unanswerable”, Scotland’s First Minister has said. A group of three independent experts commissioned by the United ...

16 Sept 2025 at 17:21

UK’s treatment of asylum seekers must comply with international law, UN says

Housing migrants in motels is ‘grim’ irrespective of quality, inspector says

The UK should make sure its “treatment of asylum seekers complies with international laws”, members of the United Nations Human Rights Council said. They made the recommendation while highlighting the plan to send ...

10 Nov 2022 at 19:53

Human rights charity accuses Iran of ‘state hostage-taking’

Human rights charity Redress has released a report accusing the Iranian government of carrying out “state hostage-taking”. The report, released ahead of a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the ...

23 Nov 2022 at 22:51

World

UN chief says human rights are being suffocated by autocrats and warmongers

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world, lashing out at voices of division and anger who see them as a barrier to their quest for power and profit. In ...

24 Feb 2025 at 21:15

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UN fact-finding mission on Iran to investigate threats to BBC journalists

An international fact-finding mission organised by the United Nations (UN) will investigate the harassment of BBC News Persian journalists and their families in Iran. The mission has been set up by the UN ...

05 Jul 2023 at 21:39

World

No nation can stay indifferent on Ukraine war, Macron says

French president Emanuel Macron has told countries not to stay neutral about condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine as he declared that Moscow’s invasion amounts to a new form of imperialism. The war in ...

20 Sept 2022 at 21:41

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