Manchester pro-Palestine campaigners occupy G4S to protest ‘human rights abuse’
Pro-Palestine groups joined forces today to protest the security firm G4S.
They claim the company are complicit in human rights abuses and unlawful activities.
Manchester homeless protester ‘bribed’ with roof over head by city council
A homeless protester says he felt ‘bribed’ by Manchester City Council as they offered him sheltered accommodation he had once been told was unavailable after serving him papers to evacuate his Albert Square campsite.
Gender inequality is our ‘apartheid’, human rights campaigner tells Manchester
A shocked Manchester University audience were told last week that gender inequality ‘is apartheid’, with human rights figurehead Shami Chakrabarti calling it ‘the greatest and most entrenched’ human rights issue facing the world today.
Russia’s ban on trans drivers ‘will trigger surge in LGBT hate crime across globe’
The Chairman of the Manchester transgender charity Sparkle has condemned the Russian law banning transgender people from driving.
Revealed: Manchester pensions invested in world’s most unethical companies
Millions of pounds of pension money from all 10 Greater Manchester councils are being invested in companies accused of war crimes, racial discrimination, and massive environmental ruin.
Jamaica’s LGBT society live in fear due to lack of education, says Manchester leader
The secretary of Manchester’s Jamaica Society believes that a lack of education breeds intolerance towards the LGBT community in Jamaica.
Disabled Manchester human rights activist fights Home Office over eviction threat
A Disabled human rights campaigner faces eviction from her Whalley Range home next week after Home Office bosses decided to end their support for her three-year fight for asylum.
Don’t be a chicken! We must not be ‘scared’ of no-meat diets to save food reserves, warns Manchester doctor
People need to start recognising animal rights and begin making healthier food choices to prevent the world’s food reserves from plummeting, warns a Manchester ethicist.
Right to die: UK rejection of assisted suicide law is ‘understandable but sad’, says Salford Uni professor
A Salford University professor has spoken out in support of patients’ right to die following last week’s news that euthanasia and assisted suicide will not be legalised in the UK.
Supreme Court rules minor offences can be kept from employers after Manchester man’s childhood theft case
A Manchester man has set a new precedent stopping minor offences being revealed in employer criminal record checks.
Bring Back Our Girls campaign: Piccadilly Gardens protesters to host vigil for abducted Nigerian girls
Around 230 young Nigerian girls seized by Islamist militant group Boko Haram last month