by Agency Reporter | Sep 25, 2023 | Briefing
YOUNG people’s sense of disengagement and disempowerment in society should be reversed by stepping up civic education in schools and reducing the voting age to 16 for all elections in England, according to a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research...
by Staff Writer | Sep 24, 2023 | Briefing
A PRIEST who has been arrested 85 times for actions concerning peace is to speak at an online event organised by Christian Climate Action (CCA) on Wednesday 18 October. Fr John Dear is an internationally recognised voice for peace and nonviolence who has inspired many...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 23, 2023 | Briefing
THE Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has written to the US authorities at RAF Lakenheath, informing them of its intention to carry out a citizens’ weapons inspection today, Saturday 23 September. The inspection is part of CND’s national day of action,...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 23, 2023 | Briefing
A UN human rights report calls for a shift from punitive measures to address the global drugs problem to the use of policies grounded in human rights and public health, arguing that disproportionate use of criminal penalties is causing harm. The report urges States to...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2023 | Briefing
IN a new report, B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, says that Israel is carrying out forcible transfer, making the lives of residents in areas it wishes to take over unbearable, forcing them to leave their homes and...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2023 | Briefing
Over the last 40 years, Britain has become more liberal in its attitudes towards non-traditional family forms, sexual relationships and abortion, according to the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) report, published by the National Centre for Social Research...
