A senior Turkish official has announced that the country will no longer stop refugees from reaching Europe. The announcement followed on from an emergency meeting held overnight (Thursday 27 February) as President Erdogan responded to the killing of 33 … Read more →
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UK Foreign Office repatriates three British orphans of I.S parents
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced that a small number of British children that were orphaned during the Syria war are being repatriated. The BBC reports that the three children were handed over to a delegation from the Foreign Office, had left Syria and were “doing very well”. There are more than 60 British children still present in northern Syria, the majority of whom are under 12 years old and … Read more →
Migrant workers are being worked to death in searing temperatures in Qatar
Half the athletes participating in the women’s marathon in the IAAF World Athletics pulled out of the race due to soaring heat On 29 September, a couple of days after the opening of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, the women’s marathon … Read more →
IOHR Launches Campaign Calling on the UK Government to Waive Children’s Citizenship Fees
On Monday 17 June, the International Observatory of Human Rights launched its campaign titled #ChildrenNotProfit in the House of Commons. The campaign urges the UK government to waive citizenship fees for children. IOHR organised a panel discussion in parliament to gain support for the campaign from politicians and advocate for change. Panellists included Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, Valerie Peay, the Director of IOHR, Nour Sakr, a human rights lawyer and activist … Read more →