Press and Features
Holocaust Memorial Day
27th January 2025 Today is Holocaust Memorial Day - the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The theme for...
10th December: Human Rights Day Statement
Lib Dem Party Conference Statement 2024
Ahead of the Lib Dem Party Conference, we are reminding the Party of its commitment to human rights reasserted in the...
Conservatives should value the European Convention, Jewish human rights charity tells leadership candidates
Withdrawal could see the unravelling of the United Kingdom.
Shavuot 5784// World Hunger Day 2024
We are delighted to announce the launch of our Rabbis pack to mark World Hunger Day 2024 (Tuesday, 28th May) and...
Israel/Gaza Statement
March 2024 On 13th October last year, we expressed our horror at the...
“Ensure Rwanda Bill respects rule of law” – Jewish human rights charity urges Lord Chancellor
PRESS RELEASE – 14 March 2024 René Cassin – the Jewish voice for human rights – has asked the Lord Chancellor to...
“European Convention important to minorities” Jewish human rights charity tells Conservative chairman
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release – Thursday 28 September 2023 “European Convention important to minorities” Jewish...
Justice for Ukraine – We Owe it to the Brave Jewish Pioneers of Human Rights
René Cassin statement on the first anniversary of the invasion. One year on from Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine,...
René Cassin submits evidence on the state of the asylum system
We have submitted evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, reasserting our "grave concerns about...
Jewish Bloc attends Shut Down Manston Protest
YESTERDAY: On Sunday 6th November, dozens of British Jews formed the Jewish Bloc of the Shut Manston Protest outside...
Enough to Live: René Cassin Signs Letter to the Prime Minister on Cost of Living Crisis
On 21 September 2022, over 50 faith, charity and organisational leaders signed an open letter to the Prime Minister,...
Our Response to Government Food Strategy 22
We are in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, hitting poor families the hardest and affecting all our lives. The...
Our statement on the government’s plan to process asylum seekers in Rwanda
These measures are inhumane, dangerous, and ineffective
Call to action: stop the Anti-Refugee Bill
CLICK HERE to use our template letter for Jewish constituents to write to your MP. (You can find your MP by typing...
René Cassin Statement on National Hate Crime Awareness Week
This week is National Hate Crime Awareness week. We reflect and stand in solidarity with all those affected by hate...
Refugee Week 2021
Celebrating the contribution, creativity and resilience of people seeking sanctuary
René Cassin statement on antisemitism, Thursday 20th May
As a Jewish human rights organisation, René Cassin draws on Jewish experience and values to speak out for dignity,...
Uyghur Week of Action
René Cassin joins in a worldwide call for action on Uyghur genocide
Evil will not triumph
René Cassin statement on government’s blocking of ‘Genocide Amendment’
Remember Edmund Burke – do something about Uyghur genocide
Mia’s plea to MPs: “Support ‘Genocide Amendment'”
Being a light in the darkness
René Cassin’s Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 statement
Food, clothing and a home are human rights too
René Cassin statement on Human Rights Day 2020
Genocide Prevention Day
“The Uyghurs need us look at what is happening to them, condemn it, and act to stop it.
The Human Rights Act – 20 years of our Key to Fairness!
Today marks twenty years since the Human Rights Act came into force in the UK. For two decades fundamental...
We will not forget Roma genocide, says Jewish human rights charity
Sunday 2 August is Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. It marks the 76th anniversary of the murder of 2,897 Roma men women...
We choose to speak out and stand up in solidarity with black people. Black lives matter.
René Cassin strongly condemns the unjust acts of state violence over the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and...
stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human
Coronavirus statement from Mia, René Cassin’s Executive Director
René Cassin honours the legacy of ‘Righteous Women’ on International Women’s Day 2020
René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights, strongly believes in the importance of learning from experience; we...
Vote for Human Rights!
Key questions to put to anyone asking for your vote on 12 December
Today, on Anti-Slavery Day we are focussing on those small, often unnoticed, places, close to home, where human rights begin
Slavery is not history. It would be comforting to think that it ended with William Wilberforce’s Abolition Act in...
René Cassin and the Traveller Movement launch a new anti-hate speech campaign calling for more respectful language in politics
On Wednesday the 16 of October, René Cassin and the Traveller Movement will launch a new anti-hate speech campaign....