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The island’s human rights watchdog will reopen its doors tomorrow. A spokeswoman said that the Human Rights Commission, which has operated on a remote basis since the last week of March, was aware that some did not have access to other ways to get in...

Bermuda’s human rights watchdog today asked community leaders to protect the vulnerable after major restrictions were imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The Human Rights Commission said that the homeless, abuse victims and people with me...

Primary school pupils honoured movements held in the name of racial equality during an annual Martin Luther King Day march yesterday. More than 100 children, staff and family members at Dalton E Tucker Primary School took part in the demonstration to...

The Reverend Martin Luther King’s 91st birthday today offers an opportunity to reflect on his intrinsic qualities. Dr King asked us to ignore surface matters but instead to consider the content of one’s character. This year marks the 65th anniversary...

Pupils from senior schools told the Governor and his guests about the importance of freedom of expression on International Human Rights Day. The 13 teenagers were invited to Government House for a youth forum on Tuesday to highlight the leadership ro...

A child rights commission should be set up to better protect at-risk youngsters, a specialist charity said yesterday. Kelly Hunt, the executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said that “continued allegations of abuse, a lac...

A philanthropic foundation that gives more than $3.4 million a year has backed the gay Pride parade and pledged to work to promote human rights in Bermuda. The Bank of Bermuda Foundation said it believed in “the basic human rights of every individual...

A Christian woman yesterday called on other churchgoers to show love to “all of mankind” in the run-up to Bermuda’s first Pride parade. Savannah Rose said followers of the Bible could not pick and choose which rules applied. She wrote to The Royal Ga...

The Government’s representative in Europe yesterday said gay Bermudians should live without fear because her own same-sex relationship had never sparked hostility. Renée Webb, a former Progressive Labour Party MP and minister, said attitudes towards ...

The Human Rights Commission shed some light yesterday on its decision to pull out of a legal attempt to ensure children’s rights were protected in court proceedings. The HRC said that, although there were several reasons behind the decision, the matt...

Senior civil servant Major Marc Telemaque asked immigration officials to find a way for Bermuda to issue travel documents to the four refugee Uighurs, but was rebuffed. Major Telemaque sent a “high importance” e-mail in January 2011, the day before h...

The Human Rights Commission withdrew from a legal bid to ensure children’s rights to be represented in court were upheld, without explaining why. The commission, an independent statutory body charged with promoting and protecting human rights in Berm...