by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Jun 15, 2021 | Blogs, Latest, Refugee Week 2021
By Edie Martin, Intern, René Cassin The view of Port Erin, drawn by a male internee on the Isle of Man for the Onchan Pioneer When the events of the Second World War are retold, Britain’s decision to intern thousands of Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man, of whom 3500...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Jun 10, 2021 | Genocide, Latest
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics After the Holocaust, the U.N. General Assembly, meeting in Paris on Dec. 9, 1948, approved the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, outlining genocide as a crime under international law, whether in...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | May 27, 2021 | Asylum and Detention, Human Rights Ambassador Programme
By Alfie Futerman, René Cassin Ambassador Edited by Alfie Futerman “To be free. Overseas. Where ships set sail in the breeze on its mission, But there’s people on board with lives that they are risking. To be free. Overseas” This is the first verse of the...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | May 26, 2021 | Campaigns, Genocide, Latest
Volkswagen Day of Action, Sunday 13 June The Chinese government has up to three million Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in detention camps across China. They are locked up while the Chinese government systematically attempts to destroy their culture, subjecting...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | May 26, 2021 | Latest, Women's Rights
“Misogyny is the soil in which violence against women grows” Mel Jeffs, CEO Nottingham Women’s Centre What is the amendment? The campaign to make misogyny a hate crime began as a grassroots effortIn late April 2021, Stella Creasy MP tabled an amendment to the...
