Indentured servitude as government policy? Great! Great news!!

📜 Trade union rights aren’t just workplace issues, they’re human rights. Read our new blog on how trade unions can use economic, social & cultural rights to defend workers’ rights. @ieruk.bsky.social justfair.org.uk/icescr-and-t...

I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...

Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.

Our grateful thanks to our dear friend Theresa Wolfwood who has generously donated this arpillera ¿Dónde están? / Where are they? to the collection. An important piece it has already been displayed in over 20 exhibitions/events cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Puffins have been found nesting on a Co Antrim nature reserve for the first time in 25 years

Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?

Together is currently gathering evidence of children’s rights practice for our next State of Children’s Rights Report! 🙏 But we need your help, can you help us locate examples of equality & non-discrimination in children’s rights practice? More info: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/resources-an...

Today we've joined over 100 organisations in calling for the UK government to fully scrap the cruel two-child limit. We've waited long enough. Acting swiftly to support women & their families impacted by the limit is crucial. Find out more & read the letter here: cpag.org.uk/news/107-org...

Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president. He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron. The President’s term of office ends at midnight. ⁦‪@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social

Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve. I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Hungarian authorities are prosecuting a human rights defender filling the gaps left by its crumbling public services and social security system. Pastor Gábor Iványi, whose church supports people in poverty, faces absurd, politically-motivated charges. More from @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

The Scottish government provides every family with a newborn with a ‘baby box’ of essentials to help them get started. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is bringing the boxes to NY. Why can’t we have obviously good & nice things like this under a Labour government UK wide?

Hope Not Hate features Mark Payne, while the Justice Minister and PSNI look away.

Yo, Labour...

INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights? LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York

"impossible" is just buttered possible," *cackles like a drain, full of myself because I got a joke!!*

109 kids are falling into poverty every day because of the two-child limit. The government must scrap it for all children. Please share.

It shouldn't need to be explained to anyone, so soon after the Soldier F verdict, why Irish people might not want to be socially obliged to donate to a charity committed to uncritically commemorating all British wars, including Iraq and Northern Ireland, and financially supporting their veterans.

We can't be cutting social security anymore, people are barely coping. It should be seen as much as a human rights issue as access to justice. www.bigissue.com/opinion/jp-m...

Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been. Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.

Sick to my stomach watching this. They had a plan to respond to their own failure - attack immigrants - and they haven't let the attempted murder of immigrants get in their way.

Vigilantism is a long-standing tradition of the far fight, from Britain First’s anti-Muslim patrols in 2014 to UKIP’s recent exploits in Calais harassing people seeking asylum. One of the most extreme current anti-migrant groups is the East Belfast Nightwatch First Division.

Glad to join friends in the UK’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network meeting with the Ministry of Justice today to follow up on the UN CESCR’s review earlier this year. More here on the network: justfair.org.uk/campaigns-2/...

Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years. Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇 🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int

We’re turning 60! Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown. 📅Thursday 6 November ⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom) Register for your free place: cpag.org.uk/60years

Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.

This is worse than even the initial reports and statement from the Justice Minister suggested. www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children

Is this like spoiled votes where they need to be pandered to harder? Or are there some problems where the solution isn't "more racism"?

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this. At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

More than 80 people killed by the IDF overnight in Gaza, including many children. This morning: "Oh the ceasefire is back on."

Ghouls, the lot of them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice. Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK' 🎟️ Tickets here

Our Director Jess McQuail responds to the news today that the UK Government is once again considering using former military bases to house people seeking asylum. Read why this decision is wrong.

Social protection is a human right. In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism. Read more:

Intersex rights are human rights! On #IntersexAwarenessDay, we acknowledge that every person has the right to health, dignity, and freedom. When intersex people are denied those rights, all human rights are weakened. #IntersexAwarenessWeek Read more: https://bit.ly/4humVjm

Well I for one am shocked. This is my shocked face www.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

Let’s go purple! 💜 The Council of Europe is launching the #EuropeGoesPurple campaign with OII Europe, to promote the adoption of the new Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons and raise awareness about intersex people and the challenges they face. europegoespurple.org

Today was about hope. Hope for a better Scotland where all of us have enough to flourish. To stand beside friends and colleagues and demand this loudly was a complete joy. #ScotlandDemandsBetter

Most people in NI are really not surprised by the Soldier F outcome - but this was no show trial or witch hunt. The judge excoriated the soldiers' conduct, but because of a passing of time caused by extreme state failings, could not convict. That is the scandal. These headlines are grotesque:

🗣️ At Just Fair, participation isn’t just a principle, it’s a right. Jenny, a member of our Lived Experience Advisory Group, shares how lived experience can drive real change and strengthen our work for a fairer, more rights-based society. 📚 Read morein our new blog

Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result: PC: 47.4% (+19.0) REF: 36.0% (+34.2) LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) CON: 2.0% (-15.3) GRN: 1.5% (+1.5) LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2) GWL: 0.3% (+0.3) UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

CMAT is a legit legend

In our church we celebrate refugees. We believe God wants us all to live in safety not fear. In our United Reformed Churches in the UK we acting in solidarity with people seeking asylum and with refugees. We are doing this in Manchester and Salford. Where are you doing solidarity work? @urc.org.uk

The soldier who shot my cousin in the back got 2 years suspended despite the perjury. At least it was *something, though.

So angry for the Bloody Sunday families and the people of Derry. Absolutely no justice in this at all.