by Agency Reporter | Jul 23, 2021 | Briefing
HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN CANCER PATIENTS could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of US sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA), independent experts appointed by the Human Rights...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 22, 2021 | Briefing
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES in cases where the Department for Work and Pensions has been implicated in their death have written to the Secretary of State, Thérèse Coffey, to demand a public inquiry into deaths and serious harm related to the benefits system. The...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 22, 2021 | Briefing
AROUND SEVEN IN 10 (68 per cent) disabled women surveyed about sexual harassment say they have been sexually harassed at work, according to a new poll published by the TUC. Younger disabled women aged 18 to 34 are even more likely to have experienced sexual...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 21, 2021 | Briefing
REPRIEVE HAS WELCOMED the release of its client Abdul Latif Nasser, who has been returned to his home country of Morocco after being held for nearly two decades without charge or trial at Guantánamo Bay. Five years ago, in July 2016, he was cleared for release by...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2021 | Briefing
PRIVATISATION OF THE BUS SECTOR in England outside London has delivered a service that is expensive, unreliable, and dysfunctional, says New York University human rights expert, Philip Alston, in a new report. The former UN Special Rapporteur criticised the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 19, 2021 | Briefing
OFFICIAL DATA from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF shows that 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services in 2020 – some 3.7 million more than in 2019. This latest set of comprehensive worldwide childhood...
