A collection of articles published by – or referencing – LCHR
May 2021
The Big Issue - The roots of the impending eviction crisis are clear
April 2021
Tribune - Covid-19 Proved that Homelessness Could Be Ended
February 2021
LabourList - The genocide amendment offers MPs the chance to define what the UK stands for
The Times - MPs must back the genocide amendment to oppose the oppression of the Uighurs
December 2020
LabourList - The history of the Human Rights Act, in conversation with Francesca Klug
The Times - There should be no place for food banks in modern Britain
July 2020
Byline Times - Where is Kajol? Bangladesh's Suppression of Freedom of Expression Continues
Fair Observer - China Continues Its Persecution of Uighur Muslims
May 2020
Fair Observer - Missing Bangladeshi Journalist Has Been “Found” — Now He Must Be Freed
April 2020
LabourList - There’s an awareness campaign. What now for victims of domestic abuse?
Fair Observer - Another Journalist Disappears in Bangladesh
March 2020
BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze: Profiling, Safety and Trust
February 2020
Netra - A new relationship prioritising human rights
January 2020
December 2019
LabourList - A Tory majority would destroy our human rights
Fair Observer - In Britain’s Election, the Future of Human Rights Is at Stake
September 2019
LabourList - To achieve social justice, Labour’s manifesto must embrace social rights
Morning Star - Queues at foodbanks and hungry children: why we need a ‘Right to Food’
July 2019
The Law Society Gazette - Labour urged to ‘step up and defend legal aid legacy’
Left Foot Forward - LCHR urges Labour Party to commit to a fully-funded legal aid system
LabourList - The right to justice is a human right that the Labour Party must defend
June 2019
The Times - Tony Blair was wrong to brand lawyers fat cats, says ally
May 2019
The Law Society Gazette - Falconer: my ‘regret’ over Labour’s effort to curb legal aid budget
The Times - Legal aid reforms have been an abject failure
LabourList - Labour’s answer to violent crime: the right to economic justice
March 2019
The Times - Protests by parents must not be allowed to turn the clock back on LGBT rights
February 2019
LabourList - Labour Campaign for Human Rights: Introducing ‘Britain and Her Allies’
December 2018
The Guardian - Britain’s long tradition of respect for human rights is under threat
November 2018
The Times - Britain has overlooked Saudi Arabia’s transgressions for too long
July 2018
LabourList - How the Tory threat to our human rights remains all too real
Left Foot Forward - Could Labour sue the government?
July 2017
Progress Online - Is Prevent Working?
April 2017
Progress Online - Time to get off the fence on freedom of movement
March 2017
Left Foot Forward - Treating refugees like burdens is folly – we should support their aspirations
Progress Online - Calling time on the Prevent strategy
February 2017
October 2016
September 2016
Progress Online - Caring for Calais
May 2016
Left Foot Forward - The Tory surveillance bill would make Putin proud
April 2016
Left Foot Forward - Is Theresa May willing to trade human rights for Tory leadership?
February 2016
New Statesman - Mass surveillance doesn’t work – it’s time to go back to the drawing board
Left Foot Forward - Human rights are more likely to come from the EU than the Tories
Left Foot Forward - Why Labour must promote ethical business
January 2016
Left Foot Forward - Is mass surveillance really the answer to our terrorism fears?
Left Foot Forward - Why human rights activists need to be better at marketing
September 2015
Left Foot Forward - Labour must support judicial warrants for surveillance
Left Foot Forward - How UK taxpayers are funding executions in Iran and Pakistan
August 2015
Progress - Evicting failed immigrants is an attack on human rights
June 2015
Left Foot Forward - Trade Union Bill: another calculated attack on workers’ rights
April 2015
Left Foot Forward - Access to justice should be an election issue for Labour
Progress - Why Labour is the party for LGBT rights
Left Foot Forward - Labour Manifesto 2015: a human rights scorecard
March 2015
Progress - Scrapping the HRA is another coalition attack on women
LCHR Blog - Rifkind’s resignation could herald a new era for parliamentary oversight
Left Foot Forward - The ISC’s new report on mass surveillance is a missed opportunity
January 2015
Left Foot Forward - Theresa May’s counter-productive counter-terrorism bill
Progress - Our human rights are not political props
November 2014
LabourList - Why surveillance matters for Labour
October 2014
Progress - A British Bill of Rights? We already have one
September 2014
Left Foot Forward - The Tory double-think on Human Rights
August 2014
LabourList - If the Tories scrap the Human Rights Act, women will suffer
Progress - Our human rights are under threat
July 2014
Progress - Stop the rush to mass surveillance
LabourList - Surveillance – do MPs really know what they’re voting for?
Left Foot Forward - Labour must never turn its back on human rights
June 2014
Progress - Labour’s human rights dilemma
April 2014
Left Foot Forward - We’re failing to win the argument on human rights
LabourList - The fight to defend the Human Rights Act is on
March 2014
Progress - Rethinking counter-terrorism – the local dimension
Progress - Rethinking counter-terrorism – small wars
LabourList - Labour is breaking from the past on civil liberties
Left Foot Forward - What the ‘War on Terror’ could have been like
February 2014
Progress - Rethinking counter-terrorism – lessons from Iraq
Progress - Rethinking counter-terrorism – drones and targeted killings
December 2013
Left Foot Forward - GCHQ and mass spying – it’s time for Labour to have a conversation
November 2013
Progress - Snowden, GCHQ, and the launch of LCHR
October 2013
Compass - Our human rights are under attack
August 2013
LabourList - Introducing the Labour Campaign for Human Rights