Gay rights activists go on trial in Poland facing two years in jail for desecration and offending Catholics after replacing halos with rainbow flags on posters of iconic ‘Black Madonna and child’ Elzbieta Podlesna, Anna Prus and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar are standing trial Altered images replaced the halos in the icon of Black Madonna and baby … Read more
Tensions with China escalated again today as Tories warned the ‘Golden Age’ in relations is over – and Beijing accused the UK of ‘spreading lies’ about human rights abuses. A war of words is raging after Boris Johnson lashed out at ‘demented’ Chinese medicine for helping trigger the coronavirus pandemic, and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab … Read more
Welsh police kicked the head of Equality and Human Rights Commission out of holiday house on Christmas Day after locals reporter her breaking Covid rules Rebecca Hilsenrath broke Covid rules by driving from Hertfordshire to Llanegryn Police spoke to her twice after an outcry by locals who found out she was there After the second visit … Read more
Neil Young sells half his music rights for ‘$150 million’ as he becomes latest star to strike gold after Stevie Nicks and Bob Dylan made similar deals By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 13:00 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 13:06 GMT, 6 January 2021 Neil Young has sold the rights to 50 per cent … Read more
Top Afghan women’s rights activist, 29, is shot dead by motorbike-riding gunmen days after she condemned wave of assassinations in the country Freshta Kohistani is the second activist to be killed in Kabul in two days Her brother was also killed in the drive-by attack which took place near her home Freshta was outspoken about women’s … Read more
Feminist writer Julie Burchill’s publisher has relinquished all rights to her book and agreed to pay her in full after they cancelled the contract following an ‘Islamophobic’ twitter row. Ms Burchill had told Muslim journalist Ash Sarkar that her worship of the Prophet Mohammed was the ‘worship of a paedophile’, referring to the 7th-Century leader’s marriage to … Read more
Shopping deliveries have been a lifeline for millions of us this year. Now, with swathes of the country in Tier Four lockdown over Christmas, the pressure on delivery firms and their drivers has never been greater. This week millions of Britons have braved long queues at their local Post Office to get last-minute presents sent … Read more
Downing Street was ‘incandescent’ when France announced its UK travel ban on Sunday night and is convinced Emmanuel Macron is trying to use the crisis to force Britain to cave in during Brexit trade talks, it was claimed today. Number 10 yesterday publicly dismissed suggestions that there may be a Brexit element to Mr Macron’s … Read more
No Deal Brexit looms as the EU mounts a last-minute ‘ambush’ over fishing rights and negotiations are ‘expected to finish by Christmas one way or another’ Government sources said it was ‘widely accepted’ no agreement was imminent No 10 was infuriated by ultimatum from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier Would have allowed Brussels to impose … Read more
Covid-19 restrictions have squeezed civil liberties worldwide with authoritarian regimes exploiting the restrictions as a way to shore up their control of fast-changing societies, rights groups say. Demonstrations have been outlawed, elections postponed, and activists subject to even greater repression in a health emergency whose political impact will still be felt when the pandemic is over. … Read more