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- 17th September 2020
The level of educational achievement by incarcerated offenders in the UK is far lower than the average. In addition, 40-50% of prisoners assessed in John Rack’s research for the Dyslexia Institute (2005) were at or below levels of literacy and numeracy expected of an 11-year old. In 2007, the Prison Reform Trust reported that prison […]
Tetevi Davi - 6th September 2020
For decades, political instability and human rights abuses have plagued the Central African Republic (CAR). The most recent conflict began in 2013, when an alliance of rebel militias known as “Séléka”, whose members are mostly Muslim, overthrew the government of François Bozizé and attacked his supporters. Subsequently, an alliance of mostly Christian armed groups named […]
Toby Cadman and Carl Buckley - 13th August 2020
In 2011, Egyptian citizens took to the streets in mass protests against the 29-year rule of Hosni Mubarak, demanding change, demanding freedom and demanding democracy. No longer were they content to live under autocratic rule. Such was the scale of the protests, that a demonstration became a revolution, and on 11 February 2011 Mubarak resigned. […]
Jade Weiner - 11th August 2020
On 5 November 2015, a devastating mudslide following the collapse of the Fundao Dam tore through Mariana, Brazil, destroying entire cities, decimating the environment and destroying historic, cultural and religious traditions in the area. 19 people lost their lives, tonnes of fish died, and over 600km of waterways were polluted in what is regarded as […]
- 10th August 2020
On 8 June, BBC One aired a gripping drama based on the real life story of Anthony Bryan, one of the Windrush generation. After 50 years of living in England, bringing up his family and working, having arrived from Jamaica as an eight-year-old, he found himself labeled an ‘illegal resident’ and was detained, to be […]
Dr. Joia Crear-Perry & Pilar Herrero - 8th August 2020
Two months after George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, protests continue across the United States (U.S.). From large urban cities to small rural towns, Black people are demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to the impunity that allows police officers to routinely destroy Black lives. Many of […]
Alvin Attalo - 24th July 2020
In Mohamed Feisal& 19 others v Henry Kandie et. Al. the Kenyan High Court departed from a decision by the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCORK) in the Hussein Khalid case. It held that the arrest of an individual without informing them of the reasons for arrest, even for a short period, is a violation of […]
Caitlin Salvino - 17th July 2020
On May 5th Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) adopted the strictest pandemic border restrictions in Canada. Through Bill 38, all non-residents were barred entrance into the province. The law included exceptions for asymptomatic workers and created an exemption application system. Two weeks later, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) declared that they would be launching a […]
andré douglas pond cummings - 27th June 2020
State sponsored killing of unarmed black men is a deeply rooted historical tradition in the United States. Those that have expressed shock, surprise or even astonishment at the ruthless police killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin or the police execution of Rayshard Brooks by then Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, […]
- 23rd June 2020
Courts around the world have suspended open court hearings due to lockdown extensions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, a Nigerian man who appeared remotely from prison was sentenced to death over a Zoom call by the High Court in Lagos. In a country that has some of the harshest and most regressive death […]
Jeinsen Lam - 18th June 2020
On the 3rd anniversary of the Grenfell fire where 72 residents (at least 34 of whom were from a BAME background) lost their lives, is the country in a better position to avoid future cladding related fires? Grenfell Inquiry Phase 1 Report The Phase 1 report was released in October 2019 was primarily concerned with […]
Sapan Maini-Thompson - 4th June 2020
In QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020], the UK High Court reached a landmark preliminary decision that ECHR Article 6 applies to the judicial review of obligations imposed under a Temporary Exclusion Order (TEO). The Court further held that the claimant is entitled to the level of disclosure outlined in SSHD […]