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Tag: rights

Why the GRA discourse is missing the point

30th November 202030th November 2020Kylie MacFarquharson

I fell in love with the Canterbury Cathedral when I was 14, the first time I saw the Great Cloister, which is truly breathtaking. Rather than some museum-like tourist attraction, the cloisters are a living, breathing part of the cathedral. Past these there is a school, the oldest in the world, that feels completely lost […]

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The case of Shamima Begum forces us to reconsider what it means to be a British Citizen

1st August 2020Nicole De La Cruz

Image description: A figurine of Lady Justice. The Court of Appeal’s ruling last week offers hope for Shamima Begum. The so-called ‘Jihadi Bride’ left the UK aged fifteen to join Daesh. She was found, four years later in a refugee camp. She explained to The Times that, after giving birth to two children and watching […]

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Students vote to support UCU strikes

13th November 201918th November 2019Marnie Shutter

At an Oxford SU student council meeting on Wednesday 13th November, students voted to support the UCU strikes. Oxford SU sent an email to students saying: “As of the Student Council meeting this evening, Oxford SU’s official policy is to support the cause and organisation of the strike action. “We encourage our members to respect the […]

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Caitlyn Jenner: A Year On

25th April 201615th November 2020Ella Taylor

It has been a whirlwind of a year for Caitlyn Jenner since her 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer in which she came out to the world as a trans woman. I undoubtedly value Jenner’s role in the past 12 months in creating the exposure that the trans community so desperately deserves. She has recently become […]

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Oxford University to open new human rights institute at Mansfield College at the end of the year

6th March 2016Jan-David Franke

In a joint initiative between the Oxford Faculty of Law and Mansfield College, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights is going to open its doors at the end of 2016. It will be led by human rights barrister Helene Kennedy who also serves as Mansfield’s principal. £22m have been raised already for the construction works […]

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Debate: Has state surveillance in the UK gone too far?

8th November 2015James Sewry and Rachel Dunne

Yes: James Sewry Imagine a situation in which a policeman could enter your home without notice, rummaging through all your letters, photos and phone records without justification.  Imagine that his only defence, once you had no doubt complained, was that his activities had been for your own safety and protection.  That’s right: going through your […]

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Donation not discrimination: allow gay men to give blood

1st November 20151st November 2015Adam Hilsenrath

Anyone who has donated blood will know that the minutes spent in the (oddly comfortable) chair, watching a small bag fill up with blood constitutes a tiny fraction of the entire process. Before you are sat down, you are tested for anaemia and must fill in a lengthy health questionnaire. The first section on the […]

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Farewell to Free Speech.

13th October 2014Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

It is sad, truly, when principles which form the basis of democracy are battered and moulded beyond recognition. So it is that the freedom of speech has been debased to the point where it no longer resembles its true meaning. It has been mutilated into a catch-all excuse for any sort of unethical, offensive, or […]

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Women Against Feminism Are Mistaken.

2nd August 20143rd August 2014Siddarth Venkataramakrishnan

A friend from America sent me a link to the Buzzfeed article on Women Against Feminism, a piece which has reignited an already decidedly hot debate. Accusations have flown thick and fast, with Men’s Rights Activists playing white knights against an understandable amount of vitriol. Although it’s easy to overstate the issue, thanks to the first […]

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“I’ll go anyway”, Griffin responds to Union invite withdrawal

14th January 201315th January 2013Matt Handley

UPDATE: In response to the decision by the Oxford Union to rescind his invitation to speak on Thursday, Nick Griffin has responded on his Twitter page (@nickgriffinmep): “Disgraceful cowardice so if I get back from parliament I’ll go anyway. As a life member of the Cambridge Union I have reciprocal membership. ” He also expressed anger […]

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