Lara Hamidi

Principal researcher

Lara Hamidi is a student at Royal Holloway, University of London studying History, Politics and International relations. Her role as a researcher for ImpACT is more than just a job, it is a passion in which she hopes to pursue for the foreseeable future. Lara hopes to make a positive impact towards educating businesses on their legal objectives, to prevent further global human rights issues.  

Articles

Human rights violations surge around the globe as COVID-19 causes cha...

COVID-19 is giving way for racism, racial profiling and xenophobia which is equally as contagious as the virus itself.

Refugees, homeless and prisoners likely to be forgotten in the COVID-...

The risk of dying from COVID-19 among the homeless is 10 times more than those who are sheltered and financially flexible.

Forgotten voices: Migrant workers left scrambling for survival follow...

On the 4th of August 2020, the world was left speechless after a devastating explosion shook the busy port of Beirut’s city centre. The destruction caused...

New facial recognition technology breaches privacy of students in sch...

It identifies faces through busy crowds, which amplifies the issue of nonconsensual information gathering