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Red kosher four glasses wine with matzah and a Passover Haggadah
March 19, 2026, 10:47 am
From Ramadan to Pesach: Standing together in dignity
As Ramadan ends and Pesach begins, Mia Hasenson-Gross explores shared Jewish-Muslim values and the enduring importance of human rights
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
René Cassin
February 20, 2026, 7:43 pm
René Cassin at 50: Why Britain cannot afford to weaken human rights
As calls grow to dilute the European Convention, Cassin’s legacy reminds us why enforceable rights exist
By Jonathan Chern
Children who arrived on the Kindertransport
January 30, 2026, 12:57 pm
From Kindertransport to today: Why safe routes are central to atrocity prevention
Protecting people before violence escalates is not charity - it is a legal and moral duty rooted in history
By Jonathan Chern
The Home Office building in London, as ministers defend refusal to grant travel assurances to a Gaza family. Credit: The Standard
January 26, 2026, 3:11 pm
Helping Gazan family enter UK would be a security ‘step too far’, court told
Government argues security risks outweigh humanitarian need as judges consider Gaza family’s challenge to travel refusal
By JN Reporter
People taking part in a protest in Whitehall, central London, to show solidarity with the protests in Iran. Picture date: Sunday January 11, 2026.
January 14, 2026, 12:06 pm
Iran is bleeding – and the West must act now
As death tolls soar and protests spread nationwide, Western hesitation risks abandoning a historic chance to break the Islamic Republic
By Jeremy Havardi
Iranian protest in London, 2022. Credit: Maureen McLean/Alamy Live News
January 8, 2026, 4:22 pm
Downing St protest to urge Starmer to proscribe IRGC
The demonstration will cite Iran’s repression, UK security risks and Iran's links to Hamas and Hezbollah
By Annabel Sinclair
Sigrid Rausing
December 30, 2025, 3:31 pm
Leading philanthropist reveals she has withdrawn funding from human rights groups over antisemitic rhetoric
Sigrid Rausing says her trust had to cut grants to organisations that mixed calls for social justice with apologies for October 7
By Lee Harpin
December 11, 2025, 4:28 pm
Three reports, one failure: our deafness to the vulnerable
Institutional failures keep repeating as victims are ignored, warnings dismissed and accountability delayed across public life
By Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginksy
December 4, 2025, 3:19 pm
René Cassin and AJA renew partnership to bolster UK Jewish human rights protections
Two leading Jewish charities extend joint strategy to combat rising anti-Jewish racism and strengthen rights-based advocacy
By Annabel Sinclair
Bnei Avraham volunteers meeting with Palestinian residents during a protective presence visit in the South Hebron Hills. (Photo: Bnei Avraham)
December 2, 2025, 5:08 pm
‘We wanted our Torah to mean something’: Inside the religious Israeli group protecting Palestinians on Shabbat
Religious Israelis explain how Torah study, protective presence and unlikely partnerships now shape their work across the West Bank
By Annabel Sinclair
Kindertransport February 1939
November 25, 2025, 3:22 pm
Would Britain have accepted Jewish refugees under today’s rules?
New government proposals risk stripping safety, stability and dignity from refugees today
By Rabbi David Mason and Mia Hasenson-Gross
Panel speakers at René Cassin’s ‘Human Rights: A Moral Compass’ event at JW3.
November 17, 2025, 11:47 am
UK risks joining ‘Russia and Belarus’ on human rights, Jewish charity warns
René Cassin marks ECHR’s 75th anniversary as senior voices sound alarm over UK’s direction
By Annabel Sinclair
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the IDF’s Military Advocate General Credit: IDF
November 4, 2025, 2:05 pm
Arrest of ex-IDF legal chief deepens row over leaked detainee abuse video
Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi held after dramatic search, as political fight over alleged Sde Teiman torture footage escalates
By Annabel Sinclair
Food aid is delivered to displaced people in Zamzam camp in North Darfur. Photo Credit: WFP/Mohamed Galal
November 3, 2025, 12:55 pm
Why is Israel condemned while far greater horrors go unseen?
UN hyperbole over Gaza contrasts starkly with near silence on Darfur and Syria’s mass atrocities
By Alex Brummer
A succah
October 14, 2025, 10:37 am
OPINION: Sukkot reminds us not to close the door on refugees
As the festival ends, Jewish groups urge peers to back an amendment limiting the Government’s refugee citizenship ban
By HIAS+JCORE and René Cassin
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