Awareness of Fairtrade mark leaps

Latest research commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation and launched to coincide with World Fair Trade Day, shows more UK consumers than ever before recognise the FAIRTRADE Mark. The TNS CAPI OmniBus findings also show understanding of the concept behind the Mark has...

Tutu to investigate Gaza killings

Archbishop Desmond Tutu will enter Gaza later this week to conduct a United Nations investigation into the killing of 19 Palestinian by Israeli shells in November 2006. He is intending to visit the scene of the incident in which Israeli forces fired an artillery...

Archbishop’s ‘leap of faith’

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will jump out of an aeroplane today to raise money for the families of soldiers killed or injured in Afghanistan. The Archbishop was one of the most prominent opponents of the war in Iraq, but the Archbishop believes that more...

Guantanamo detainees finally get their day in court

Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details Detainees at the US Military Prison in Guantánamo will finally get their day in court today (Tuesday) after a direct action by campaigners. 35 Americans from cities and towns...

Aid workers ‘abusing children’

A British charity has said that children in post-conflict areas are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers. The abuse involves children as young as six. After research in Ivory Coast, southern Sudan and Haiti, Save the Children said an international...