UK news archive
August 2005
31.08.2005
Britain's Department for International Development is accused of spending UK aid money on a public relations campaign to pursue a privatisation agenda in Sierra Leone.
more...From: World Development Movement Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [United Kingdom] [Aid] |
31.08.2005
Many councils are demanding an urgent review of new legislation that deprives failed asylum-seekers of benefits - a move which they say can lead to destitution, homelessness and children taken into care.
more...From: Refugee Council Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] |
29.08.2005
The Mayor of London, Muslim and Sikh organisations and campaign groups are joining to lobby MPs to ensure government security measures do not criminalise those who condemn terrorist attacks and those whose help to the police in fighting terrorism is vital.
more...From: Refugee Council Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights] [Activism] [Justice and crime] [Terrorism] |
26.08.2005
Deportations of Muslim clerics by European countries have set back community relations and led to serious human rights violations, says a new report.
more...From: Institute of Race Relations Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Religion] [Social exclusion] [Terrorism] |
26.08.2005
A publisher announces it will "green" its book production and publish its first book printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
more...From: Greenpeace UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Forests] |
24.08.2005
Home Office figures released show the number of applications to come to the UK has fallen again.
more...From: Refugee Council Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] |
23.08.2005
A Scots local newspaper editor is facing charges of incitement to racial hatred after he published an editorial opposing a proposed refugee centre in the north-east of Scotland.
more...From: Index on Censorship Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Race Politics] |
22.08.2005
Two leading international NGOs have joined forces to call on the UK government to use its European Union presidency to step up aid for water and sanitation.
more...From: Tearfund Related topics/regions: [Europe] [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Water/sanitation] |
19.08.2005
The UK should cancel plans to return failed asylum-seekers to Iraq given the unsafe conditions there, Human Rights Watch said. The Home Office has already rounded up scores of Iraqis and detained them in deportation centres.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Iraq] [Refugees] [Security] |
17.08.2005
Leading Muslim groups and personalities have joined together to issue a statement in response to some of the recently proposed anti-terrorism measures in the aftermath of the London bombings.
more...From: Black Information Link Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Religion] [Terrorism] |
17.08.2005
Decommissioning Britain's nuclear power stations will cost billions of pounds more than was estimated originally, new figures reveal.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Nuclear Issues] |
16.08.2005
Britain cannot deport security suspects to Jordan without violating the international prohibition against sending people to countries where they face a serious risk of torture, a leading international rights group said today.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Jordan] [Human rights] [Law] [Terrorism] |
15.08.2005
Detention of Iraqi asylum-seekers in preparation for their forcible removal to Iraq has been condemned by the Refugee Council, which urges the government to halt the action.
more...From: Refugee Council Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [Refugees] |
12.08.2005
A coalition of environmental NGOs slam the Government's decision to water down its standards for sustainable timber, by allowing government departments to buy wood from forest certification schemes that approve destructive logging practices.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Trade] [Forests] |
11.08.2005
Some of the government's counter-terrorism measures appear to be in outright breach of the UKs human rights obligations and are so ill-defined that they risk criminalising valid forms of dissent and undermining freedom of religion, said a leading rights group.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Law] [Terrorism] |
10.08.2005
Health campaigners have called for the Mental Health Bill to be re-written so that statutory race-impact checks can be carried out.
more...From: Black Information Link Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Health] [Race Politics] |
09.08.2005
European Commission approval for the import of a genetically modified maize for use as animal feed has been condemned for ignoring member states' concerns over safety.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [Europe] [United Kingdom] [Genetics] |
08.08.2005
The British government is proposing powerful new controls on freedom of expression as part of its current strategy to ward off terror attacks including charging the worst offenders with treason and rewriting human rights laws.
more...From: Index on Censorship Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Religion] [Freedom of expression] [Law] [Terrorism] |
05.08.2005
London police announce that religious hate crimes have risen six-fold since the London bombings as other forces across the country also report rising levels of racial incidents.
more...From: Institute of Race Relations Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Race Politics] [Justice and crime] |
04.08.2005
More than 130,000 people donated £5.4m to the Disasters Emergency Committee Niger Crisis Appeal on the day of its launch.
more...From: Tearfund Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Mali] [Emergency relief] |
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