2011

August

• Volunteer positions – Africa Programme (16th August)

May

• 3rd European Court of Human Rights Moot Court Competition Strasbourg, 8 April 2011 (8th May)

• UCL ECHR Moot Semi Finals - 4 March 2011 (8th May)

April

• New Constitution! (29th April)

• Welcome to the UCLSHRP Alumni Newsletter! (13th April)

• 3rd European Court of Human Rights Moot Court Competition Strasbourg, 8 April 2011 (8th April)

2010

August

• Arrest of bloggers in Azerbaijan (1st August)

• Censorship of public criticism in Saudi Arabia (1st August)

• Jamaican Young Offenders Caught up In Prison Riots (1st August)

• Violence against transgender people in Turkey (1st August)

July

• EQUAL RIGHTS TRUST launches report on stateless persons (21st July)

February

• Romanian Discrimination against Roma Population (15th February)

• ZANU-PF land seizures (15th February)

• Israel: Attacks on New Israel Fund, Critical Groups, Threaten Civil Society (15th February)

• Refugee camp for Palestinian Refugees Closes (15th February)

• Fines for the parents of rapist for failures in upbringing (15th February)

January

• High Court rules a planned BA strike unlawful (26th January)

• Unlawful refusal to perform civil partnership ceremonies (25th January)

• Japan Urged to Press Turkmenistan on Human Rights Record (25th January)

• Ban on prisoner votes at next election could breach human rights (12th January)

• Sarkozy comments on the minaret ban in Switzerland (12th January)

2009

December

• UN reveals profound rape problem in Afghanistan (26th December)

• Swiss minaret ban criticized for violating right to religious freedom (25th December)

• Swiss vote to ban construction of minarets on mosques (24th December)

• German Murderers sue Wikipedia claiming right to privacy (24th December)

• Lord Steyn: Iraq inquiry should publish an interim report before the general election (23rd December)

• Xenophobia in South Africa (23rd December)

• New Evidence of UK complicity in Torture (22nd December)

• High Court Rules against use of secret evidence in denial of bail (21st December)

• No Legal basis for US military detention in Afghanistan (1st December)

• Iranian Authorities clamp down on Cyber-dissidence (1st December)

November

• Non-Participation of Al-Bashir at OIC (30th November)

• Freedom of expression compromised in Tunisia (30th November)

• China activist Huang Qi sentenced to three years following Sichuan earthquake investigations (28th November)

• Obama pushes for better human rights protection in China (28th November)

• Mother of Mikhail Khodorkovsky appeals to the UK for help (13th November)

• UK detention of child migrants (13th November)

• Italian Court gives lighter sentence for murderer with ‘bad genes’ (13th November)

October

• Vasily Yuzepchuk faces death penalty in Belarus (29th October)

• Turkey and Armenia Conclude a ʻMilestoneʼ Agreement (26th October)

April

• Students held in ‘terror’ raids freed without charge (26th April)

• The Armenian Genocide and Obama’s Comments (26th April)

• US: Publication of Torture Memos (18th April)

• G20 protests coverage (5th April)

March

• A Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for the UK? (25th March)

• Control Order System Renewed in Parliament (9th March)

• Humanitarian crisis in DRC deepens (9th March)

• US Drug Arrests Skewed by Race (9th March)

• Mauritian military regime turns a blind eye to force feeding for marriage (9th March)

• Cambodia: First Trial to test tribunal’s credibility (9th March)

• Focus on China (9th March)

• US federal government challenged for denying benefits to same-sex spouses (9th March)

February

• MS patient appeals against assisted suicide ruling (10th February)

• Hedge funds and human rights (10th February)

• Israel vows to defend soldiers against calls for war crimes inquiries (10th February)

• Chinese earthquake activist to be held on a secrets charge (10th February)

• US: Gains and disappointments on Women’s Rights (10th February)

• Iran: Stop the destruction of the Khavaran mass grave site (10th February)

• UN Refugee Agency staff attacked in Pakistan (10th February)

• Azerbaijan sues Human Rights Lawyer for Libel (10th February)

• Legal loopholes ‘allow MI5 to collude in torture’ (10th February)

• Last Guantánamo detainee’s trial halted (10th February)

• Israeli Human Rights activists issue arrest warrants for senior public figures (4th February)

• Torture used on Jestina Mukoko (4th February)

• End abuse of the Chin ethnic group (4th February)

• Ethiopia’s curb on charities alarms human rights activists (4th February)

• India recruiting children into Special Forces (4th February)

January

• Chad: Teacher feared abducted by security forces (27th January)

• Democratic Republic of Congo: ICC’s first trial focuses on Child Soldiers. (27th January)

• 2009 World Report: Obama Should Emphasize Human Rights (27th January)

• Thais ‘leave boat people to die’ (27th January)

• Growing calls for investigations and accountability in Gaza conflict (27th January)

• Accountability needed for the murder of Indonesian human rights defender (12th January)

• Israel’s Gaza Offensive raises law of war concerns (12th January)

• U.N.-Run School In Gaza Hit By Israeli Fire, 40 Dead (7th January)

• Eco warriors at risk of assassination (6th January)

• Nepalese Authorities must investigate attacks on journalists (6th January)

• Death penalty in Saudi Arabia (6th January)

• China Charter 08 (6th January)

2008

December

• US Senate findings on the use of torture (29th December)

• China City checks complainers into mental hospital (17th December)

• US: Michigan moves to end life without parole sentences for juveniles (17th December)

• Rwanda Tribunal Should Pursue Justice for RPF Crimes (17th December)

• Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds rights of Indigenous Peoples (17th December)

• Secret Police seize leading Zimbabwean activist (17th December)

• European Court of Human Rights rules that UK police DNA database breaches human rights (17th December)

• India: Respect Rights in Hunt for Mumbai Conspirators (11th December)

• Gaza reduced to bare survival (11th December)

• Human Rights Activists Arrested in Sudan (8th December)

• Execution of a Chinese medical worker (8th December)

• Boris Johnson calls for an illegal immigrant amnesty in London (8th December)

• Child Offender Facing Execution in Iran (8th December)

• Mugabe bars door to top-level humanitarian mission (8th December)

• Vietnam plans return to two-child policy to tackle population growth (8th December)

November

• EU declares ban on votes for prisoners illegal (27th November)

• Burma crackdown reflects junta’s insecurity (27th November)

• Gaza: Israeli blockage worsening humanitarian crisis (27th November)

• US: New Legal Victory for Guantanamo Detainees (27th November)

• Zimbabwean women face sexual assault for supporting opposition party (26th November)

• End threats to Human Rights Activists in Bahrain (26th November)

• ‘Shoot to stop’ policy at Egypt’s Sinai border crossing must end (26th November)

• UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights (22nd November)

• Kenyan police units ‘murder hundreds’ (22nd November)

• Obama legal advisers draft plans for Guantanamo (22nd November)

• Georgia: More Cluster Bomb Damage Than Reported (22nd November)

• Bill for ID cards rises by £50m as Home Office unveils pilot scheme (22nd November)

• Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses (22nd November)

• Humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (10th November)

• Spotlight on Syria (10th November)

• Free at last: female slave who dared to take Niger to court (10th November)

• China: Olympics-Related Media Freedoms Should Not Expire (3rd November)

• United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (3rd November)

• Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones (3rd November)

• South Africa: UN rights chief urges protection for foreigners after brutal killing. (3rd November)

• Human Rights Watch Urges Ethiopia to reject aid Bill (3rd November)

• Afghan refuges in protest against police harassment in Scotland (3rd November)

• Lords reject proposal on extended detention without charge (3rd November)

October

• Inquest into death of Jean Charles De Menezes opens (16th October)

• Secret CIA jails in Poland to be investigated (16th October)

• Britain blocking prosecution of Sudan’s ruler (16th October)

• Lawyers lose fight to halt execution of Jack Alderman (16th October)

September

• Hamdan sentenced to just five and a half years (4th September)

• Too much ‘spying’? (4th September)

• A Bill of Rights for Britain? (4th September)

• Tables are turned as UN accuses UK of stifling free speech (4th September)

• British security services colluded in unlawful detention of terror suspect, court rules (4th September)

• US and UK criticise China on its human rights record whilst China is dissatisfied with such remarks (4th September)

• Suspension of stoning executions a welcome step if carried out (4th September)

• New allegations of torture and illegal detention (4th September)

• Trade Agreements as a Tool to further Human Rights (4th September)

• Latest attack on ID cards (4th September)

• Unease at plans to allow secret trials (4th September)

• George Bush ignored British intelligence that Iraq did not have WMDs (4th September)

• Strasbourg Court orders UK to not extradite Abu Hamza until they have made a final decision (4th September)

• Rwanda: Human Rights Projects Launched (4th September)

• Italy: Policy on immigrants ‘lacks human rights’, says top rights watchdog (4th September)

• Tarique Ghaffur in race bias case against Sir Ian Blair (4th September)

• Sudan holds hundreds without charge after 10 May attack (4th September)