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Film of the Week / 12 March 2026
12 March 2026

Five years ago a flash crowd of Glaswegian activists defeated the Home Office and the police; MATT KERR urges you to savour that day in a cinema

People take part in a Stand Up To Racism counter protest during a protest by people attending a Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures protest outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk, which is housing asylum seekers, September 21, 2025
Human Rights / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026
TAINTED PAST REVISITS PRESENT: Postbank in Berlin / Pic: EmptyTerms/CC
Civil Liberties / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026

JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right

venice requiem
Book Review / 6 March 2026
6 March 2026

MARJ MAYO recommends a lyrical and disturbing account of the tragic suicide in Venice of Pateh Sabally, a refugee from the Gambia

Edinburgh High Court
Scotland / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison, in Yangon, Myanmar, March 2, 2026
Southeast Asia / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
Protesters celebrate outside the High Court, central London, after it rules in favour of Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori's challenge over the ban of the organisation as a terror group, February 13, 2026
Activism / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

Court strikes down Palestine Action ban as government slammed for its promise to fight the decision in appeals

The great Chartist meeting on Kennington Common on April 10, 1848 / Pic: William Kilburn/CC.
Protest / 14 February 2026
14 February 2026

KEITH FLETT looks at the political impact of protest

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, February 3, 2026
Home Office / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026

Over 50 MPs, lords and Unison's new general secretary sign letter against changes to settlement scheme

Gus Kenworthy celebrates at the end of his second run in the men's ski slopestyle final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, February 13, 2014
Winter Olympics / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026
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Palestine Solidarity / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports

Austerity / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY

Students protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Pflugerville Justice Centre after walking out of their classes in Pflugerville, Texas, February 2, 2026
US / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

People take part in a War on Want, Greenpeace and Oxfam-led protest outside HM Treasury, London, ahead of the Chancellor's spring statement, demanding taxes on the 'super-rich,' March 25, 2025
Campaigning / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026
A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed on Briggate in Leeds, as West Yorkshire Police use the facial recognition technology for the first time in Yorkshire, November 11, 2025
Policing / 26 January 2026
26 January 2026

Labour announces largest policing overhaul in 200 years, including the creation of a ‘British FBI,’ sparking human rights concerns

Umer Khalid [Pic: Prisoners for Palestine]
Justice System / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
South Asia / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
A baby feeding bottle on the beach in Gravelines, France, after being dropped as people thought to be migrants continue to scramble for small boats in a bid to reach Britain, July 3, 2025
Black Activists Against Cuts / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
A Metropolitan Police officer wearing handcuffs and a Pava spray on a belt during a new spiking crackdown to coincide with freshers week, at New Scotland Yard in central London, September 25, 2025
Penal Reform / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit to Ineos FPS headquarters in Grangemouth
Human Rights / 14 January 2026
14 January 2026
26/11/25 of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaving Downing Street, London
Home Office / 11 January 2026
11 January 2026
Children in Glasgow city centre carry pictures of the hunger-strikers, during a Republican rally to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the IRA hunger-strike at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, May 2001
History / 10 January 2026
10 January 2026

From Chartists and Suffragettes to Irish republicans and today’s Palestine activists, the treatment of hunger strikers exposes a consistent pattern in how the British state represses those it deems political prisoners, says KEITH FLETT

Kamran Ahmed
Human Rights / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Screenshot
Activism / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026

Stop the War warns government to ‘expect a very large riposte’ against its repression of pro-Palestine activism

Alaa Abdel el-Fattah pictured in September 2014
Editorial: / 2 January 2026
2 January 2026
The sun sets behind war-damaged buildings in Gaza City, December 31, 2025
Middle East / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy (left) and Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill attend the annual Judges Service in Westminster Abbey, London, October 1, 2025
Government / 30 December 2025
30 December 2025

Barristers say there is ‘no evidence’ that Labour's drastic plans will reduce the backlog of cases waiting to be heard in court

Palestinians stand next to a tent set up on the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, December 30, 2025
Middle East / 30 December 2025
30 December 2025
A campaigner during the Defend Our Juries protest in support of Palestine Action at The Peace Garden, Tavistock Square, central London. Picture date: Saturday November 22, 2025
Activism / 22 December 2025
22 December 2025

600 educators sign open letter urging government to protect lives of prisoners jailed for more than a year without trial over alleged direct action linked to Palestine solidarity

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the match schedule reveal for the 2026 soccer World Cup in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025
Men's Football World Cup / 19 December 2025
19 December 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy during a visit to Inner London Crown Court ahead of an announcement of major reforms to the criminal justice system. Picture date: Monday December 1, 2025
Editorial: / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025
A Green Party supporter holding a placard
Scotland / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025
David Lammy's office
Prison System / 17 December 2025
17 December 2025

Activists graffiti the 8 hunger strikers' demands across the Deputy PM's north London office 

President Donald Trump, center, speaking to members of the media during his arrival with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, at the Kennedy Center for the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington
Men’s Football / 11 December 2025
11 December 2025
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during his visit to the offices of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) in Edinburgh, June 17, 2025
Scotland / 8 December 2025
8 December 2025
US Border Patrol agents arrive at a Home Depot in Kenner, Louisiana, December 3, 2025
Human Rights / 4 December 2025
4 December 2025
People take part in a protest against Tunisian president Kais Saied's rule and demanding the release of political prisoners in Tunis, Tunisia, November 22, 2025
North Africa / 3 December 2025
3 December 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy leaves following a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, December 2, 2025
Human Rights / 2 December 2025
2 December 2025
Gaza Cola
Men’s Football / 2 December 2025
2 December 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaking after Lucy Powell is announced as the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party at an event in central London. Picture date: Saturday October 25, 2025
Human Rights / 29 November 2025
29 November 2025

DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10

 09/09/17 of disabled football fans at a match
Accessibility / 19 November 2025
19 November 2025
Film director Ken Loach
Human Rights / 19 November 2025
19 November 2025
People take part in the Resist Racism Scotland rally in George Square, Glasgow, organised by Stand Up To Racism and the STUC, March 18, 2023
Human Rights / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves the BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, November 16, 2025
Human Rights / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025

Far-right figures ‘Tommy Robinson’ and Nigel Farage praise Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to force asylum seekers into 20 years of limbo before being able to settle in Britain

Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan sail a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, June 17, 2023
North Africa / 12 November 2025
12 November 2025
The No Escape Room installation at Truman Brewery, Shoreditch
Human Rights / 7 November 2025
7 November 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in English), Lake Success, New York, November 1949
Britain / 2 November 2025
2 November 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference on the Immigration White Paper in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London. The Immigration White Paper is being presented as part of Government efforts to reduce net migration into the UK, with the figure reaching 728,000 in 2024
Britain / 31 October 2025
31 October 2025

New poll exposes fears around migration as ‘manufactured’

A protest sign hangs on a fence outside an Immigration Customs Enforcement (Ice) processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Illinois, October 31, 2025
Human Rights / 31 October 2025
31 October 2025
Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex, one of two barracks which will be used to house asylum seekers temporarily. Picture date: Tuesday October 28, 2025
Human Rights / 30 October 2025
30 October 2025
F18 jets lined up on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the 'world's largest warship', during a media visit while it is anchored in the Solent during a stopover in Portsmouth on it's maiden deployment. Picture date: Thursday November 17, 2022
Human Rights / 29 October 2025
29 October 2025
People take part in a Stand Up To Racism counter protest during a protest by people attending a Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures protest outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk, which is housing asylum seekers. Picture date: Sunday September 21, 2025
Refugees / 27 October 2025
27 October 2025

Home Office has ‘repeatedly cut corners and wasted considerable amounts of taxpayers’ money,’ report warns about the policy

Campaigners gather outside the Home Office in London, calling for an end to the government’s immigration policies that endanger migrant women and entrench racial injustice, October 15, 2025
Human Rights / 16 October 2025
16 October 2025
A man waves a Palestinian flag as the Thousand Madleens ship sets sail for Gaza [Pic: Antonio Vasquez]
Human Rights / 8 October 2025
8 October 2025

Families call on Foreign Office to secure the release of their loved ones

People take part in a demonstration outside the head office of Ultra Precision Control Systems in Cheltenham, part of a protest by pro-Palestine campaigners at sites across the country supplying F-35 fighter jet parts used by Israel to bombard the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2025
Right to Protest / 8 October 2025
8 October 2025
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), attends UNHCR's 76th annual Executive Committee meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, October 6, 2025. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP
Human Rights / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025
Protesters taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, October 4, 2025
Policing / 5 October 2025
5 October 2025

Campaigners condemned government’s plan to give police new powers to crack down on protests

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood during the first meeting for the reshuffled Cabinet in Downing Street, London, September 9, 2025
Labour Party Conference 2025 / 29 September 2025
29 September 2025
Timothy Crosland leaving the Old Bailey, central London, after his preliminary hearing, September 26 2025
Right to Protest / 26 September 2025
26 September 2025
A ship that is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla prepares to depart to Gaza to deliver aid amid Israel's blockade on the Palestinian territory, in the Tunisian port of Bizerte, September 13, 2025
Britain / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City by foot and vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, September 18, 2025
Middle East / 19 September 2025
19 September 2025

Families in Gaza City face two deadly options, Islamic Relief says: ‘Stay put under increasing bombardment, or follow Israeli orders to move south to camps where families are being killed in their shelters and suffer life-threatening overcrowding, starvation and diseases’

A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviews the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, August 31, 2025
Human Rights / 19 September 2025
19 September 2025
Ghana's President John Mahama speaks to the media at the Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, September 10, 2025. Photo: Ghana Presidency via AP
Human Rights / 18 September 2025
18 September 2025
Police officers detain a protester as demonstrators take part in a Lift the Ban on Palestine Action protest organised by Defend our Juries in Parliament Square in London, September 6, 2025
Policing / 7 September 2025
7 September 2025

Campaigners urge new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to drop ‘unenforceable’ ban on Palestine Action

Lebanese and Palestinian journalists take part in a protest against the killing of journalists in the Gaza Strip as they gather at the Martyrs square in downtown Beirut, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI

Newly appointed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves 10 Downing Street, London, following Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet reshuffle after the resignation of Angela Rayner. Picture date: Friday September 5, 2025
Labour Party / 7 September 2025
7 September 2025
A relative carries the body of Palestinian child Muath Al-Basus, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, during his funeral outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, September 4, 2025
Palestine Solidarity / 7 September 2025
7 September 2025
Supporters of Palestine Action take part in a mass action in Parliament Square, Westminster, central London, organised by Defend Our Juries as part of the Lift the Ban campaign, to end the proscription of Palestine Action, August 9, 2025
Right to Protest / 22 August 2025
22 August 2025

Defend Our Juries calls on supporters to skip street bail at next protest against Palestine Action ban

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025
Gaza Genocide / 18 August 2025
18 August 2025

Meanwhile, Campaigners raise contempt of court complaint against Home Secretary Yvette Cooper over claims Palestine Action was proscribed due to violence against people

Rescuers from the Ocean Viking approach a deflating rubber b
Borders / 13 August 2025
13 August 2025
Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a protest in support of the Palestinian People in Gaza, in Parliament Square, in London, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
Activism / 10 August 2025
10 August 2025

Meanwhile, Defend Our Juries say the fact that only half of the protesters faced arrests ‘shows how unworkable and unenforceable this ban is’

Anti-fascists gather in Aberdeen to oppose a protest by a far-right rabble, August 10, 2025
Migrant Solidarity / 10 August 2025
10 August 2025