by Staff Writer | May 14, 2022 | Briefing
IN ADVANCE OF NAKBA DAY (15 May), Pax Christi International, the worldwide Catholic peace movement, has issued an urgent appeal to the international community to ‘stop the ongoing Nakba now’. The appeal is prefaced with a quote from Pope Francis,...
by Agency Reporter | May 14, 2022 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS WARNED that a series of regressive measures in the Queen’s Speech would make it harder for ordinary people to challenge unfair treatment and would damage the UK’s ability to stand up for human rights internationally. Plans announced included...
by Agency Reporter | May 13, 2022 | Briefing
END-OF-LIFE CHARITY MARIE CURIE has described new data showing that 90,000 people a year die in poverty in the UK as shocking. The charity revealed the statistics in a new report based on research from Loughborough University. It found that people of working age are...
by Agency Reporter | May 13, 2022 | Briefing
THE DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS of Lebanon’s political and financial leaders are responsible for forcing most of the country’s population into poverty, in violation of international human rights law, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De...
by Agency Reporter | May 12, 2022 | Briefing
A PRIVATELY-RUN PRISON for female adults and young offenders, HMP/YOI Bronzefield, saw its scores drop in the areas of respect, and release and rehabilitation planning in its latest inspection. Inspectors from HM Inspectorate of Prisons judged outcomes for women in...
by Agency Reporter | May 12, 2022 | Briefing
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and New York Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal, Climate-Responsible Finance – A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living...
