Daily Archives: 23 March 2021

Press briefing notes on Turkey

Press briefing notes on Turkey

Turkey’s announcement at the weekend that it was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention, an important regional human rights treaty on combatting all forms of violence against women, highlights wider concerns regarding the human rights situation in the …

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UK to ban foreign holidays for longer?

The UK government's scientific advisers group (SAGE) reportedly wants prime minister Boris Johnson to keep the nation's ban on foreign holidays (focused on Europe) in place, to limit the spread of Covid-19. The European Union continues to struggle with its …

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