In this issue
In this issue
- Change of leadership for Ekklesia as Bartley steps down
- The Brexit referendum gloves are off
- Only one in four ‘feel well informed’ on EU referendum
- UK training Saudi police in techniques that risk torture
- Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging
- Celebrities join international call for rights of Botswana Bushmen
Wednesday 8 June 2016
8 Jun 2016
Change of leadership for Ekklesia as Bartley steps down
Ekklesia founder Jonathan Bartley is standing down as co-director of the organization after 14 years. Simon Barrow, who has been Ekklesia’s co-director since 2005, is continuing as the director of the politics and beliefs think tank.
8 Jun 2016
The Brexit referendum gloves are off
Recently, I listened to a radio interview with a man from Iran who had migrated to the UK some three decades ago.
7 Jun 2016
Only one in four ‘feel well informed’ on EU referendum
Only 24 per cent of voters say they feel ‘well’ or ‘very well’ informed about the EU referendum, according to new BMG Research polling released today (7 June 2016) by the Electoral Reform Society.
8 Jun 2016
UK training Saudi police in techniques that risk torture
The UK College of Policing is teaching the Saudi Arabian interior ministry high-tech forensic skills that risk being “used to identify individuals who later go on to be tortured”, an internal police report obtained by the human rights charity Reprieve reveals.
7 Jun 2016
Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging
Judges in Pakistan will tomorrow consider the case of a prisoner who could be hanged at as little as three days’ notice, despite evidence that he was arrested as a child.
8 Jun 2016
Celebrities join international call for rights of Botswana Bushmen
A host of celebrities are supporting the campaign of Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, for the Bushmen in the 50th anniversary year of Botswana’s independence.