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Comment: The death of freedom of speech in the West

Freedom of speech, definitive to some while flexible to others, has been long debated. A Google search has given me

Tom Brake urges action as Amnesty International accuses government of ‘overlooking human rights’ in Bahrain

Carshalton and Wallington’s Tom Brake has called for Britain to act in Bahrain, as Amnesty International slams the British government

Battersea’s Shaker Aamer lands in UK following Guantanamo Bay release

Battersea’s Shaker Aamer landed at Biggin Hill Airport this afternoon after being released from Guantanamo Bay. The father-of-four is the

Refugees Welcome! Tooting MP Sadiq Khan joins campaign to offer sanctuary to desperate Syrians

The heart-breaking image of a dead child washed ashore on a Turkish beach shocked the world today, now Tooting MP

EU ‘cartel’ works like Eurovision claims Twickenham UKIP candidate Barry Edwards

Twickenham’s UKIP candidate has attacked the EU’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ style voting system and likened the European Parliament to a

‘I will NEVER give up’: Former Kingston University student’s campaign to close asylum centre ‘prison’

A former Kingston University student and human rights award winner insists she will never give up her fight to close

Education under occupation: New Malden woman reports on life in the West Bank

“I don’t cry very often, but I’ve cried a lot since I got back from the West Bank, when I

Women own Book Slam in night of harmony, humour and human rights at The Grand Clapham

Women took control of this month’s Book Slam, to confront the inequalities that plague the world today, in what turned

Nightclub for book lovers: Shami Chakrabarti and Everyday Sexism’s Laura Bates head up Clapham Book Slam

London’s famous Book Slam will return to The Clapham Grand on Wednesday October 8 with human rights and sexual equality

Battersea man joins mass hunger strike as part of escalating crisis at Guantanamo Bay

Summary: Shaker Aamer, 46, from Battersea is one of 166 indefinitely detained at the centre Image: By David Horsfall The

Should prisoners be free to vote?

Summary: The UK has to decide whether to give prisoners the vote or disobey law themselves. Image: By Lorcan Lovett

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