A British father of three who has been held for 16 months in incommunicado detention in Ethiopia has suggested he may die in prison.

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The Electoral Reform Society have calculated that plans to ‘stuff’ the House of Lords with 100 extra Conservative Peers  in the aftermath of the  Lords rejection of cuts to tax credits would cost at least £2.6m per year.

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The World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed an initiative by the South African government to propose a resolution on ‘Ethical Imperatives for a Nuclear-weapons-free World for adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in New York

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After reports of alleged violations and abuses of human rights committed by both parties to the conflict in South Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is deploying a 10-member mission to the country to assess the situation.

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As the Chinese President visited London last week, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) called on the UK government to strengthen its arms embargo against the regime and stop all arms sales.

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