Consumers squander nearly $10bn in critical minerals each year while extraction risks people and the planet
A new report has found that every year consumers discard, or hold on to, disused electronic goods containing raw materials ...
Tag: Human rights
Portland resident loses case against Bibby Stockholm asylum barge, but shines light on its racist impact
It's been a week of bad news for refugees and those fighting against the inhumane and racist barge-turned-asylum accommodation, the ...
Glittery Keir Starmer declaring Labour’s democratic credentials is a dazzling display of irony
An activist interrupted the start of Keir Starmer’s keynote speech on Tuesday 10 October, the penultimate day of the Labour ...
Corporate presence at party conference shows Labour is no climate justice champion
Another conference, more politicians half-assing it on the climate crisis. This year, the Conservative and Labour Party conferences were jam-packed ...
Former EHRC staffer claims the equalities watchdog is ‘colluding’ with the Tories over race and gender
A former senior staff member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) accused the organisation of suppressing discussion on ...
Campaign group Liberty is dragging Suella Braverman to court over anti-protest laws
The High Court has announced that human rights group Liberty can take home secretary Suella Braverman to court over anti-protest ...
The Labour Party conference is already shaming itself – and it hasn’t even started yet
The Labour Party conference is happening in Liverpool from 8 to 11 October. You'd be forgiven for thinking that after ...
Tory Illegal Migration Act will ramp up asylum hellscape in the UK, according to new research
Braverman’s recent rhetoric around the Refugee Convention has been abhorrent - and the Conservative policies it underpins are about to ...
Brazil’s senate approves a controversial bill in a major setback for Indigenous land rights
Less than a week after celebrations of a key victory in Brazil's supreme court, the country experienced a major setback ...
‘Voice to Parliament’ bringing out the racist underbelly of Australian society shows why it’s vitally needed
The abhorrent racism on display in the lead-up to a historic vote on Indigenous constitutional recognition in Australia has underscored ...
TotalEnergies gears up for greenwashing at its investor day
French fossil fuel major TotalEnergies will host its next 'Investor Day' on Wednesday 27 September. As it says on the ...
The corporations making up the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure hold a prolific record of ecological and human rights violations
Corporations wrecking the planet and harming frontline communities have added a new chapter to their greenwashing playbook. On 18 September, ...
Downing guns shows armed police want ‘impunity’ to kill, critics claim
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged an unnamed police officer on 20 September with the murder of Chris Kaba. However, ...
Families seeking asylum in UK face ‘inhumane’ conditions, says Human Rights Watch
On 14 September, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on the living conditions of asylum-seeking families in ...
The Tories have invited countries they admit are abusing human rights to a global arms fair
The Tory-led UK government has revealed that it invited eight countries it considers to be human rights abusers to the ...
Major insurance companies shun new oil and gas in the biodiverse Congo Basin – it could be a death knell for big oil in the DRC
New research has thrown cold water over a French fossil fuel corporation's plan to expand its destructive oil and gas ...
Climate activists call on insurers to ditch climate-wrecking EACOP project
On 30 August, climate activists staged a protest against multiple insurance companies. The coalition of campaigners from Money Rebellion, Coal ...
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