The way courts interpret the human right to family life has led to a "ridiculous and damaging situation" and risks a "dangerous" stand off between parliament and judges, the immigration minister Damien Green has said.
Emmanuel Cooper, who has died of cancer aged 73, was a leading potter, who also became widely known as a writer, editor, critic, biographer, teacher, broadcaster, curator and campaigner for gay rights. His wide cultural and artistic interests and activities were pursued with a relentless energy and great entrepreneurial skill which made him a powerful advocate for the crafts and visual arts. ...
The declining human rights situation in Libya has now been confirmed by the United Nations. According to the BBC, the UN’s Libya envoy, Ian Martin, told the Security Council in New York last Wednesday. “The former regime may have been toppled, but the harsh reality is that the Libyan people continue to have to live
What does democracy look like? How about this: a governor, swept into office on the GOP wave of 2010 with a financial assist from the billionaire Koch brothers, pivots immediately from moderate talk about job creation to radical austerity that divides his state more than any in the Union. He attacks the collective bargaining rights of public workers and teachers. When hundreds of thousands of citi...
One of the most colourful figures in the history of Irish socialism, Gerry Lawless, who has died in London, made legal history by taking the first case heard at the European Court of Human Rights. It was against his internment during the 1950s. He was the first citizen of any European country to take legal action against a government and, though he lost, he set an important precedent. Gerald ...
