Latest updates
With the rule of law increasingly under attack the fight has never been this urgent
Read our latest updates and hear our progress in the fight against extreme human rights violations.
Filter by
Sort by
Published: 01/10/26
1 minute(s)
Jagtar Singh Johal released on bail
Who is Jagtar Singh Johal Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained and living with the threat of a death sentence in India for over eight years. Jagtar is a Scottish blogger and activist who drew attention to historic human rights abuses against India’s Sikh population. In November…
Published: 15/09/26
2 minute(s)
REPRIEVE COMMENTS ON LEE ANDERSON'S CALLS FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson said he would back a referendum on the death penalty in the UK, in an article he wrote for the Sun, dismissing the massive fall in support for capital punishment in Britain over the last 50 years. Support for the death penalty in…
Published: 03/09/26
2 minute(s)
"I WANT MY SON'S BODY BACK" - SAUDI EXECUTIONS LEAVE FAMILIES UNABLE TO GRIEVE
The Spanish newspaper El PaÃs has reported on the agony faced by the families of people executed by Saudi Arabia due to the regime’s failure to return the bodies of those killed to their relatives. Along with being one of the worlds top-executing countries – there have been…
Published: 03/09/26
2 minute(s)
UK POLICE TRAINING FORCES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-ABUSING GOVERNMENTS - REPRIEVE AND DECLASSIFIED
A new investigation by Declassified has found that British police have run more than a dozen training sessions since 2023 for countries that the UK Government has flagged for their poor human rights record. Declassified’s FOI revealed that the UK’s College of Policing has run multiple training sessions…
Published: 14/08/26
2 minute(s)
NEW SPECIAL Envoy for Complex Consular Cases MEETS WITH JAGTAR SINGH JOHAL'S FAMILY - BBC reports
The newly appointed government Envoy for Complex Consular Cases, Alistair Burt, met with the family of detained human rights activist, Jagtar Singh Johal, who has now been imprisoned in India for almost nine years. Mr Burt, a former UK minister for the Middle East, met with Gurpreet Singh…
Published: 14/08/26
2 minute(s)
BISHOPS CALL ON MBS AND ED MILIBAND TO INTERVENE IN CASES OF ETHIOPIAN MEN FACING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA - TELEGRAPH REPORT
Church of England Bishops have written to Saudi Arabian leader Mohammed bin Salman and UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, highlighting the plight of Ethiopian nationals who have been sentenced to death for drug offences following unfair trials in Saudi Arabia. Three of the UK’s leading religious figures, the…
