by Sean Reilly | Feb 15, 2008
Church and aid workers are warning that the situation in Gaza is deteriorating as Israelis and Palestinians continue to face off, more than two weeks after Israel cut the electric power supply to Gaza in response to Palestinian missile launchings into Israel –...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 15, 2008
A campaigning group that was formed 30 years ago to change law, attitudes and policy towards crime against women will mark the anniversary with a people’s trial of Britain’s justice system over the continuing scandal of rape. The event, “The rape of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is amongst Nobel Peace Prize laureates, politicians, artists, writers, and sportsmen and women from across the world who have added their voices to the calls for China to abandon its support for Sudan. They are demanding that this year’s...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
Supermarkets today are being branded “heartless” over exploiting overseas workers who face poor wages, health problems and job insecurity supplying flowers sold as Valentine’s Day gifts in Britain. The accusation comes from War on Want, which says many employees in...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
A festival atmosphere was evident on the lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. Thousands of people celebrated outside in the wake of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations. That much was evident from the television broadcast and the...
