My real-life adventures

 

The word Brexit was invented in 2012. It’s when I started to campaign against it, seriously concerned that it could really happen.

But what did I do before that?

Refugees: Is it them versus us?

Our poor, unemployed, homeless and disadvantaged - many in Britain think they should be helped rather than refugees.

Refugees fleeing terror, war and torture? We’re full. People here need looking after first. Charity begins at home. We don’t want them. We can’t afford them.

Never again? It's happening again

After the Second World War, during which many millions were systematically, industrially, gruesomely murdered in the worst genocidal crime against humanity, the earnest, global, unison cry was, ‘Never again’.

From child soldier to refugee lawyer

At just six years old, Deng Thiak Adut was snatched from his mum at their banana farm in South Sudan and forced to fight in a civil war that tore his country apart.

Danish police to seize refugees' belongings

The Danish Parliament has approved a controversial new law that allows police to force refugees to hand over their valuables.

Human Rights: What Are They?

This is a simplified version of the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  

After the appalling atrocities of the Second World War, the United Nations came into existence.  One of their first tasks was the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  It’s been translated into more languages than any other document.  Unfortunately, however, the principles of ‘human rights’ have yet to be translated into reality for most of the world’s 7 billion people.  Without enforcement, a ‘right’ is just a word.

See also: 'Why we must never abandon human rights'

Are chemicals killing us?

Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals entering the environment. Photo: UNEP

Hormone disrupting chemicals used by humans in every-day life are becoming a “global threat” according to a major United Nations report published this week.