Britain Has A Responsibility To Save Hong Kong
Ben Dolbear urges the UK government to step up and help save Hong Kong from China.
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Social Media: The Saviour of Human Rights Movements?
News Editor Stefania Zeniou discusses the achievements obtained in human rights and freedom thanks to the use of social media and worldwide social movements.
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The Sudan Crisis and the Power of Social Media
Charlotte Colombo reports on the latest in Sudan, including the Blue for Sudan movement.
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The Alabama Abortion Bill Is Disgusting, But We Must Get Our Own House in Order First.
Dan Parkin shares his views on the need for abortion law reform in the UK.
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How Will Brexit Affect Human Rights?
Laura Barr on the uncertainty caused by Brexit to how UK human rights legislation will look after Brexit.
→![Credit: Lorie Shaull from Washington, United States [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)].](https://www.wessexscene.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/My-Uterus-My-Rules-Abortion-Rights-359x201.jpg "If You’re Angered by Alabama, It’s Time to Fight for Northern Ireland")
If You’re Angered by Alabama, It’s Time to Fight for Northern Ireland
In the wake of Alabama severely restricting rights to abortion, Molly Joyce calls for people to lobby MPs to change Northern Ireland’s abortion laws.
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SUSU And LGBT+ Society Lobby University to Rename Brunei House After Anti-Gay Law
Following Brunei’s imposition of the death penalty for gay men and women, the LGBT+ Society and SUSU want to rename the Glen Eyre Halls residence.
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No Sympathy for the Maybot
With a poor track record over social issues, disabled rights and sexual equality, it is more than Brexit that makes Theresa May a morally questionable leader.
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Pelin Ünker Sentenced to Jail in Turkey for Paradise Papers Reporting
Editor Ivan Morris Poxton discusses the case of Pelin Ünker to highlight Turkey’s track record on the imprisonment of journalists.
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Torture and Suicide in Australia’s Refugee Detention Centres
Max Burt uncovers the human rights abuses towards asylum seekers detained in Australia’s offshore detention centres in the islands of Nauru and Manus.
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