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Crime and Justice

21 Mar 2013

Sri Lanka fails to investigate present and past human rights abuses

A new UN resolution does a good job of highlighting past and ongoing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, but not yet to establish a justice procedure.
19 Mar 2013

Howard League welcomes fall in child arrests

Police arrest almost 100 girls a day in England and Wales, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (19 March).
18 Mar 2013

A free press: sidelining the threat of private and corporate power

The disagreement about Leveson purports to be a debate about 'press freedom'. In those terms, it is monstrously distorted. Powerful interests are disingenuously trying to portray as lingering 'state control' a reasonable attempt to give an arms-length independent regulatory framework legal underpinning as a matter of last resort.
16 Mar 2013

New reports reveal true horror of Syrian civil war

Two years after Syrians rose in peaceful protest against their government, the country is mired in a bloody conflict with both sides responsible for war crimes.
15 Mar 2013

Saudi Arabian executions 'sheer brutality', says Amnesty

The execution of seven men in Saudi Arabia after they allegedly made forceded 'confessions' is an act of sheer brutality, Amnesty International says.
13 Mar 2013

Methodist churches conduct safeguarding review to boost safety

The Methodist Church is undertaking a comprehensive review of every safeguarding matter it has dealt with over the past 60 years to learn lessons from the past.
13 Mar 2013

Rohingya Journalism Fund: exposing the terrible truth

The Rohingya of Burma are a desperate people. Considered “illegal immigrants” without basic citizenship rights by Rangoon, they subsist in impoverished townships and refugee camps where they live in constant fear of the threat of external violence.
13 Mar 2013

Solidarity expressed with Christians after attacks in Pakistan

The head of the World Council of Churches has strongly condemned attacks on Christians in Badami Bagh, Lahore, on Saturday 10 March.
13 Mar 2013

Thai navy accused of aggression against Rohingya refugees

Evidence has emerged that Thailand’s navy shot at ethnic Rohingya 'boat people,' causing at least two deaths, Human Rights Watch said today.
11 Mar 2013

Human rights gap in Burma remains serious, says UN

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Burma (Myanmar) says that the process of reform needs to go far deeper.

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