Bríd Smith TD speaks on the need to step up pressure for Loujain
Brid urges Minister Coveney’s to step up the intervention in the Loujain al-Hathloul case. More needs to be done to secure release of women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
Tag: human rights
Homeless family charged by the DPP for their misery.
Housing is a human right – a point made by a UN spokesperson on housing Leilani Farha, as well as by People Before Profit. Against that background, Brid told a harrowing story of homelessness in the Dáil today.
HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT – we need this in the Consititution
81 countries round the world have the right to housing written into their consititution. So why shouldn’t we? Richard Boyd Barrett and I introduced a Bill today to get just that. We want a referendum on an amendment to the constitution, guaranteeing the RIGHT TO A HOME. This is our fourth attempt to get a Bill on the housing crisis passed. Before, we wanted (1) anti-eviction legislation,(2) rent controls, (3) NAMA to provide for social housing, not bargains for developers.The government parties shot down these Bills. Lets see if they will shame themselves again, or do the right thing