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Mia Hasenson-Gross

Mia Hasenson-Gross

Mia Hasenson-Gross is the executive director of René Cassin, a UK-based human rights organisation that works to promote and protect human rights in the UK, drawing on Jewish teaching, values and Jewish experience.  
The Battle for Cable Street (credit rarehistoricalphotos.com)
October 1, 2026, 3:16 pm
Cable Street taught us to confront hatred. René Cassin taught us to fight for justice
Ninety years on, two anniversaries remind us why Jewish safety and universal human rights must go hand in hand
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
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
Purim
March 3, 2026, 11:01 am
Why Purim demands we stand up to hate in Britain today
From Esther to today’s Britain, Jewish courage means defending human rights for our community and others
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
Eleanor Roosevelt holding the English language version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in November 1949. Photo: Wikipedia
December 10, 2025, 12:37 pm
Why Human Rights Day is a Jewish call to action – not just a date in the calendar
Marking 77 years of the Universal Declaration, Mia Hasenson-Gross urges British Jews to defend the human rights legacy shaped by our own history
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
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
Protestors against discrimination of Uyghurs
January 30, 2022, 10:58 am
OPINION: From Berlin 1936 to Beijing 2022 – passing the baton for ‘the Genocide Games’
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in China, Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director of René Cassin, says history is repeating itself with authoritarian regimes being awarded games
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
A muslim is praying before the demonstration in solidarity with the Uyghurs, started in Amsterdam, on December 29th, 2019. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto)
June 10, 2021, 10:27 am
OPINION: International Olympic Committee must learn lessons of 1936
Amid a campaign for companies supporting Beijing's 2020 games to raise abuses against Uyghur Muslims, Mia Hasenson-Gross of René Cassin says the IOC must look into history
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
A demonstrator outside Volkswagen showroom, Southgate, London, protesting the company’s presence in the Uyghur region of China and its use of Uyghur forced labour.
December 11, 2020, 9:56 am
OPINION: Volkswagen needs to be whiter than white on slave labour in China
Dr Sheldon Stone and Mia Hasenson-Gross of Rene Cassin and Stop Uyghur Genocide urge companies operating in China to realise responsibilities to its persecuted Muslim minority
By Dr Sheldon Stone and Mia Hasenson-Gross
A demonstrator outside Volkswagen showroom, Southgate, London, protesting the company’s presence in the Uyghur region of China and its use of Uyghur forced labour.
From the WebDecember 10, 2020, 4:47 pm
OPINION: Volkswagen needs to be whiter than white on slave labour in China
Dr Sheldon Stone and Mia Hasenson-Gross of Rene Cassin and Stop Uyghur Genocide urge companies operating in China to realise responsibilities to its persecuted Muslim minority
By Dr Sheldon Stone and Mia Hasenson-Gross
United Nations Human Rights Council
June 20, 2018, 5:33 pm
OPINION: By turning its back on the UN, the US weakens its position
Human rights charity René Cassin's Director, Mia Hasenson-Gross, reflects on the United States' decision to withdraw from the UNHRC
By Mia Hasenson-Gross
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