by Agency Reporter | Jul 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION warns that time is running out to prevent a looming famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where an estimated 5.2 million people are facing acute food insecurity. Members of a joint United Nations and non-governmental organisations team have...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 26, 2021 | Briefing
THERE HAVE BEEN long-standing calls for government to prepare students for a climate-changed world by embedding climate education across the curriculum. This could also help promote climate-positive behaviour in students, for whom the climate crisis will be one of the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 25, 2021 | Briefing
THE PRISON SERVICE in England and Wales prevented predicted large-scale deaths as a result of Covid-19, but severe and prolonged daily lock-up of prisoners harmed their physical and mental welfare, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor. Publishing...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 24, 2021 | Briefing
HUNDREDS MORE BOYS AND GIRLS can look forward to a brighter future, says the Howard League for Penal Reform, as new UK Government figures reveal the transformative impact of the charity’s programme to end the criminalisation of children in residential care in England....
by Agency Reporter | Jul 24, 2021 | Briefing
THE VAST SCALE OF VIOLATIONS perpetrated through secretive cyber surveillance has exposed a global human rights crisis, says Amnesty International, following the revelations of the Pegasus Project investigation. In a new briefing, Uncovering the Iceberg: The Digital...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 23, 2021 | Briefing
ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY, TWICKENHAM, has become the 89th UK university to make a public commitment to divest from all fossil fuel companies. St Mary’s achieved this by adding their name to People & Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration, making them the 20th...
