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Press release: Government’s “Injustice Bill” prices poor victims of overseas human rights abuses out of the courts

Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to safeguard justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses in developing countries were narrowly defeated in the House of Lords yesterday. Crossbench peers had argued that an exemption was needed to make sure than poor communities harmed by UK-based companies could still afford to bring cases to court.

Press release: Barefoot Torchbearer hailed as ‘Olympic Hero’ in Kenya

An Olympic Torchbearer from Consett, County Durham, has been hailed as the first hero of London 2012 after handing over his torch to children in a slum 8,000 kilometres away in Kenya.

Put People First: Church unites to join march

Church leaders will join campaigners in London at the front of a march for jobs, justice and climate – ahead of next month’s G20 economic summit

Bleak Christmas for Zimbabwe

Sickness, hunger, starvation and death - an assessment by Caritas Zimbabwe shows there is now little to distinguish between the most vulnerable and everyone else in the country

Being a good neighbour to the homeless

Ivanete once lived under a bridge in Sao Paulo - one of the world's most dangerous cities. Today she can offer others alternatives to life on the street