The Latest Breaking News from Yasmine Ahmed

Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demands

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14

UK accused of undermining democratic rights with climate protest crackdown

British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025

Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant as France claims?

Paris has argued that the warrants issued for war crimes are not valid as Israel is not a member of the ICC.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2024

British PM Sunak wins parliamentary vote on revised plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced down rebels in his ruling Conservative party by winning a knife-edge parliamentary vote on his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 13, 2023

Political attack on human rights is a ‘dangerous’ assault on UK democracy, says HRW director

Exclusive Yasmine Ahmed says government actions regarding asylum seekers, climate activists and pro-Palestine protesters are starting to ‘look very much like authoritarianism’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023