Government’s ‘reckless, rushed-out’ test and trace programme breaks data protection law, rights group says Department of Health admitted it did not carry out privacy impact assessment This has led campaigners to claim test and trace programme breaks data laws The government insists that there is no evidence of data being used unlawfully By Danyal Hussain … Read more
Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers at Selma in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, has died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. The Georgia congressman had been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since December and died after receiving hospice care in Atlanta. Lewis kept … Read more
Music investment fund Hipgnosis snaps up the rights to Lady Gaga hits Poker Face and Bad Romance By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 July 2020 A music investment fund has snapped up the rights to the Lady Gaga smash hits Poker Face and … Read more
‘We deserve to feel safe’: Transgender rights advocate and Neighbours star Georgie Stone condemns a ‘cruel’ Adelaide hate preacher for distributing homophobic pamphlets By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:01 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 03:03 BST, 12 July 2020 Neighbours star Georgie Stone has condemned a series of homophobic pamphlets that … Read more
Showtime developing limited series about life, career and civil rights activism of legendary entertainer Lena Horne By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 05:36 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 07:51 BST, 9 July 2020 Her life spanned almost the entire 20th century and her career in showbiz spanned seven decades. And now Lena Horne is … Read more
Facebook has made a series of decisions that undermined civil rights, including allowing posts from President Donald Trump that violate the values of the leading social network, an independent audit report said Wednesday. The audit commissioned by Facebook in 2018 found the California giant had taken ‘important steps forward in building a long-term civil rights … Read more
Dominic Raab today warned despots, dictators and their henchmen they will no longer be able to buy property in the UK or ‘siphon dirty money through British banks’ as he unveiled the Government’s new sanctions regime. Before Brexit the UK usually acted alongside the European Union or the United Nations when imposing sanctions on individuals … Read more
Prince Harry faced criticism today after he insisted the Commonwealth ‘must acknowledge the past’, even if it’s ‘uncomfortable’. The Duke of Sussex, 35, made the comment as he joined wife Meghan Markle, 38, for a video call with young leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust last week but released today. As part of the discussion … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have joined young leaders to discuss fairness, justice and equal rights, with Harry telling them: ‘There is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.’ Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, both took part in the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust video call which formed one of the … Read more
On June 17, Color Of Change along with the NAACP, ADL, Sleeping Giants, Free Press, and Common Sense Media authored an open letter asking corporations to cease advertising on Facebook for the month of July. These are the key figures behind those organizations: Rashad Robinson – Color of Change President Founded in the wake of … Read more