by Agency Reporter | Jan 14, 2023 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is calling on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to end the practice of strip searching children. The call comes after an investigation revealed that members of the Policing Board have serious concerns about the practice and have...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 14, 2023 | Briefing
THREE MEMBERS of Christian Climate Action (CCA) were found not guilty of causing a public nuisance by a Crown Court jury on 11 January, in a trial relating to Insulate Britain’s campaign of nonviolent civil resistance. The campaign was undertaken to demand that the UK...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 13, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT has announced that it intends to replace Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)’s Chaplaincy Council with a Chaplaincy Faith and Belief Forum, and this will include non-religious pastoral carers. The change would affect England and Wales....
by Agency Reporter | Jan 13, 2023 | Briefing
THE NEWS that Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has been appointed president of this year’s UN climate talks is a harsh blow to any hope for progress on weaning the world off fossil fuels, says Global Witness. Analysis by Global Witness found...
by Staff Writer | Jan 12, 2023 | Briefing
A NEW EXHIBITION revealing the Church of England’s links to historic transatlantic slavery opens today (12 January) in Lambeth Palace Library. The exhibition uses items from the Library’s archives which have been studied by the Church Commissioners for England, as...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 12, 2023 | Briefing
NEW BORDER ENFORCEMENT MEASURES recently announced by the US administration risk undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned. “The right to seek asylum is a human right,...
