How Will Brexit Affect Human Rights?
Laura Barr on the uncertainty caused by Brexit to how UK human rights legislation will look after Brexit.
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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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‘I told the judge I was 15’: Children and South Sudan’s Death Penalty
Elin Dawes, Social Secretary of SUSU Amnesty, looks at Amnesty’s report on children being subjected to the death penalty in South Sudan.
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This Week in British Politics 19-25 February 2018
Catch up with all the latest political goings-on here.
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SUSU Amnesty Child Refugees Sponsored Walk
Lucy Stephenson highlights the immensity of the current refugee crisis, and urges students to take part in SUSU Amnesty’s sponsored walk to Winchester tomorrow.
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Politically Motivated? Head of Argentinian Human Rights Group Charged
One of Argentina’s most popular human rights activists has been charged with misusing public funds. Cameron Ridgway investigates.
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