Human rights Archives - Red Pepper

Key Words: Peoples’ Tribunals

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Yasmin Gunaratnam explores a tradition of ordinary people holding governments, employers and institutions to account

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Migrant power: organising, dignity and justice

Siobhan McGuirk — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:00:35 +0000

Siobhán McGuirk talks to Zrinka Bralo, founder and CEO of Migrants Organise, about the challenges and necessity of committed community organising in the fight for migration justice

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Breaking the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide

Gerry Hart — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

As long as arms flows and military support continue despite public opposition, the UK remains an active partner in Israel’s genocide, writes Tim Bierley

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The spiral of violence in Balochistan

Gerry Hart — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

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From bystander to peacebuilder

Gerry Hart — Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Vlad Sakovich reports on People First, a new campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and forcefully transferred Ukrainian children

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Kanaky Rising: A timeline of struggle

Gerry Hart — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

A 250-year struggle to liberate Kanaky (New Caledonia) from French colonial rule continues today. Gerry Hart traces the history

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Palestine must be free, with the law on it side

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:49:38 +0000

An interview with Ahmed Abofoul of human rights organisation Al- Haq on the need for international rights and legal mechanisms to stop the genocide in Gaza

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9/11, Prevent, Palestine: two decades of rising Islamophobia

Gerry Hart — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Asim Qureshi reports on Red Pepper’s role in documenting the spiralling violence of the global ‘war on terror’

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Immigration is not the issue

Gerry Hart — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Immigration is not a real concern for voters, argues Daniel Sohenge, but the language around it is a major problem. We must demand a new approach – prioritising dignity and respect

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The ongoing battle for Rohingya rights

Siobhan McGuirk — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:03:29 +0000

The majority of the Rohingya people are now refugees, scattered across neighbouring countries and trapped in overcrowded camps. Miriam Bradley reports on a painful, ongoing crisis fading from western consciousness

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