Articles tagged "human rights"

Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, July 11

Ukraine liberates 14 square kilometers over past week -- Nobel Laureate Matviichuk asks South Africa for clear position on Putin's arrest warrant -- Factory to produce Bayraktar drones under construction in Ukraine -- Rheinmetall to build, repair tanks in Ukraine -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, May 9

Russian overnight missile strike destroys Red Cross warehouse in Odesa -- Poll: 67% of Ukrainians are against any compromises with Russia; 82% say Putin new Hitler -- Russia recruiting Central Asian labor migrants for Ukraine war -- Russian troops suspend operation of occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Wednesday, April 5

Lessons from Georgia of geopolitical procrastination -- Claims Russia placed aircraft, missile systems in Belarus capable of delivering nuclear strikes -- Ukraine needs $37 billion for humanitarian demining -- Clinton regrets persuading Ukraine to denuclearize in 1994 -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, March 25

Russia trying to encircle Avdiivka, but getting exhausted -- Russian occupying authorities in Crimea sell their property, take families away -- UN human rights monitors report torture, killing of POWs in Ukraine -- Russia launches missiles at civilian 'invincibility center' in Donetsk Oblast, killing 3 -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Monday, February 27

Explosion at Belarusian military airfield damaged Russian aircraft in reported partisan attack -- Ukraine says it could strike airfields and depots inside Russia as part of anticipated spring counteroffensive -- Ukraine downs Russian aircraft near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast -- The specter of limitless Russian manpower is a myth -- Russia's 'elite' forces suffer heavy losses in Donetsk Oblast -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, August 27

Russia blocks final document at UN nuclear treaty conference -- Russia using 'education' as a tool of oppression -- Russia shells Ukrainian military with ‘all types of weapons,’ tries to resume offensive in Donetsk Oblast -- Russia received hundreds of Iranian drones -- and more

UK government has Abandoned its Own Covid Health Advice

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak said to have agreed to decision not to follow public health advice on testing in vulnerable settings

The UK Government's Death Of Convention; Rule of Law

How Boris Johnson has used the vagueness and vulnerability of Britain’s unwritten constitution to erode democracy

Is the UK sleepwalking into authoritarian rule?

Jeremy Cushing on how the government is attacking and undermining the institutions of democracy, Blaine Stothard on ministers’ demands for total conformity of beliefs and values, & Pat Farrington on the Tories’ cynical attempts to keep hold of power

Priti Patel’s Detention Policies Found to Breach Human Rights Rules

Court finds home secretary accountable for failures to ensure that deaths in immigration detention centres are investigated properly

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 (“PCSC Bill”) – Briefing for MPs

A chilling direction for the United Kingdom