by Agency Reporter | Dec 30, 2022 | Briefing
TEN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS that operate in Israel have sent a ‘first of its kind’ joint letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. The letter dated 27 December expresses support for his intention to visit Palestine, and...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 29, 2022 | Briefing
UNHCR, THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY, says it was relieved to see more than 200 desperate people being brought ashore to safety in north-west Indonesia over the past week. Many among them are believed to have been adrift for at least a month, without any help before being...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 29, 2022 | Briefing
IN 2016, THE UK GOVERNMENT challenged the food industry to reduce the overall sugar content of certain food categories by 20 per cent by 2020, but baby and toddler foods were not included in this programme. Instead, the government released draft commercial baby food...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 28, 2022 | Briefing
THE OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) has published comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries during the pandemic. Commenting on the figures, Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund said: “These figures show that, although all...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 28, 2022 | Briefing
ZAMBIA’S PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA announced on Friday 23 December 2022 that he had assented to a law banning the death penalty, and quashing the offence of criminal defamation of the president. Responding to the announcement, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 27, 2022 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT should work urgently with employers, schools and local communities in England to ensure more equal access to and uptake of vaccines, spreading the opportunity of better health more broadly across the population this winter, says a new report from...
