by Agency Reporter | May 9, 2024 | Briefing
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on 7 May he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed in Russia for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown on dissenting...
by Agency Reporter | May 8, 2024 | Briefing
AN UPDATE on developments in Rafah on 7 May, has been given by Elizabeth Funnell, Middle East representative for the aid agency CAFOD. Ms Funnell ‘s updatde reads.“When I was speaking this morning (Tues 7 May) to CAFOD’s local partner in Gaza, they described the...
by Agency Reporter | May 8, 2024 | Briefing
NEW research from The University of Manchester has found that children are being swept up in murder and attempted murder cases, and being tried in adult courts, partly due to rap music culture being used as evidence against them. Rap lyrics and videos are regularly...
by Agency Reporter | May 7, 2024 | Briefing
THOUSANDS more unpaid carers in Scotland will be eligible for a new benefit, if regulations laid last week in the Scottish Parliament are approved. Carer Support Payment is the replacement for Carer’s Allowance in Scotland. It was first launched in November...
by Agency Reporter | May 7, 2024 | Briefing
AMNESTY International has condemned a threat made against a journalist at the Belfast Telegraph newspaper. The newspaper reports that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) made them aware of the threat on Friday 3 May, and that this is the sixth such incident...
by Agency Reporter | May 6, 2024 | Briefing
A US-BASED conservative media outlet with a history of promoting conspiracy theories, The Epoch Times, has been referred to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) by Global Witness. A Global Witness investigation reveals that the news site has published adverts...
