by Agency Reporter | Apr 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE NORTHERN IRELAND EXECUTIVE should set up a redress scheme to operate in parallel with a public inquiry into Mother and Baby and Magdalene Laundry institutions. That is the call of Jon McCourt, a leading campaigner for the historical institutional abuse inquiry...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE TRADE UNION UNITE is demanding that the Mitting Inquiry into undercover policing does not gloss over the infiltration of unions by ‘spycops’. The union issued its demand following the opening statements in the latest phase of the inquiry which is...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 26, 2021 | Briefing
UNHCR, THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have highlighted deeply disturbing reports of a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya. There are fears that this latest incident could have claimed the lives of up to 130 people....
by Staff Writer | Apr 25, 2021 | Briefing
SIX EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTIVISTS, including a Quaker, were acquitted in a landmark verdict at Southwark Crown Court on Friday 23 April. The jury delivered a not guilty verdict for each defendant, despite Judge Perrins ruling that five of the six had no defence under...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 25, 2021 | Briefing
THE SCOTTISH REWILDING ALLIANCE has set out the five key choices Holyrood will have to make during the next session to tackle the nature and climate crises. In each case, says the Alliance, the Scottish Parliament will have to decide whether to persist with a failing...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 24, 2021 | Briefing
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH have been granted permission for a judicial review of the UK government’s decision to invest in a major gas project off the coast of Mozambique. The Department of Trade is investing USD 1 billion into an offshore deep water gas production facility...
