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RSI Submits Evidence to the Independent Human Rights Act Review

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On the 3rd March 2021, RSI submitted evidence to the Independent Human Rights Act Review - the review launched into the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in... Read more

UK Supreme Court’s ruling in Shamima Begum case is inconsistent with human rights

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(London, 26 February 2021) – Today, the UK Supreme Court has disappointingly ruled that Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria as a school child in the context of the Islamic... Read more

Court tells 47 European countries: investigate your soldiers’ alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

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Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that countries such as Germany must investigate allegations of war crimes committed in Afghanistan against their soldiers. The case has far-reaching implications for... Read more

RSI’s response to UN statement on repatriation from North East Syrian camps of women and children from 57 States

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(London, 8 February 2021) – The 57 countries that have citizens languishing in life-threatening and rights-violating conditions in camps in North East Syria, including the UK, Belgium, Germany, France and... Read more

Explain Prevent reviewer appointment process and plans for overcoming credibility gap with Muslim communities, RSI tells Home Office

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The UK Home Office should explain the non-transparent process it used to appoint the new Independent Reviewer of Prevent, Sir William Shawcross, and explain how Shawcross will address prior comments... Read more

Lords Must Amend Overseas Operations Bill to Comply with International Law

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Military and civilian victims must be able to get justice for human rights abuses and other harms caused during overseas military operations ‘Impunity benefits no one. If the UK wants... Read more

RSI Statement on weekend repatriations from Germany and Finland

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(22.12.2020) – UK, other governments should follow Germany and Finland in bringing back women and children from Syrian camps The UK and other governments should follow Germany’s and Finland’s lead... Read more

RSI publishes landmark Report ‘Europe’s Guantanamo: The indefinite detention of European women and children in North East Syria’

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Today Rights and Security International (RSI) publishes its hard-hitting report calling for the immediate repatriation of European women and children held in detention camps in North East Syria. On February 3, 2021,... Read more

RSI Urges MPs to Reject Government Narratives on the Overseas Operations Bill

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On 2nd November 2020, RSI urged MPs to reject multiple Government narratives regarding the effect of the Overseas Operations Bill, namely its compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights... Read more

RSI brief House of Commons ahead of second reading of the Overseas Operations Bill

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On 23rd September 2020, the House of Commons gathered for their second reading of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill. Ahead of this reading, RSI prepared and sent briefing materials to... Read more

RSI Joins Human Rights NGOs in Coalition Letter to Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism

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On 28th July 2020, Rights and Security International joined a coalition of NGOs alerting the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that its reorganization and work moving forward should be responsive... Read more

RSI Executive Director responds to former Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Shamima Begum’s appeal win

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Response to Sajid Javid MP’s Statement as to Begum Court of Appeal Judgment The Court of Appeal’s decision today is a welcome first step in amending the significant damage done... Read more

UN’s Counter-Terrorism Week Misses the Mark in Marginalizing Civil Society

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The following is an extract from a blog post written by RSI's executive director, Yasmine Ahmed, for 'Just Security'. The blog post can be found here. Civil society organizations are sorely disappointed with... Read more

COVID-19 toolkit for civil society partners. emergency powers and crisis responses: human rights risk

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On 7th April 2020, Rights and Security International, in collaboration with our international civil society partners, launched the ‘Covid-19 Toolkit for Civil Society Partners. Emergency Powers and Crisis Responses: Human... Read more

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON OUR MOVE FROM RWUK TO RSI

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Throughout the years this organisation has undergone a number of transformations. We were introduced to the world as ‘British-Irish Rights Watch’ – a collection of human rights defenders working to... Read more

RWUK addresses the ECHR’s Grand Chamber on the case of Hanan v Germany

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On 26th February 2020, Rights Watch UK was proud to provide an oral intervention before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Hanan... Read more

RWUK expresses grave concern over arbitrary arrest of PTM leader in Pakistan

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PRESS RELEASE: Rights Watch (UK) expresses grave concern over arbitrary arrest of PTM leader in Pakistan Following the arrest of Pakistani human rights leader, Manzoor Pashteen, on Monday 27 January,... Read more

Rights Watch (UK) expresses grave concern over arbitrary arrest of PTM leader in Pakistan

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RWUK and Liberty’s joint letter to the Prevent Review

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Rights Watch (UK), along with Liberty, have sent a letter to the Independent Prevent Review, informing it they would not be filling out the Review’s online questionnaire, which forms the... Read more

RWUK and other NGOs urge un to reconsider Egypt as co-facilitator for un counter terrorism strategy consultation

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On 21 November, Rights Watch (UK) wrote to the President of the UN General Assembly, along with seven other organisations, urging him to reconsider the appointment of Egypt as co-facilitator... Read more