In this issue
In this issue
- Monitoring children’s rights in detention
- Saudi Arabia tells UN Human Rights Council it ‘does not torture’
- New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched
- Scotland risks ‘generational gulf’ in housing
- UK economy ‘£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned’ says TUC
- Iain Duncan Smith, sanctions, and that video
- The Archbishop’s error and owning up to prejudice
- Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route
Monitoring children’s rights in detention
The Howard League for Penal Reform has helped to produce the first European Practical Guide dedicated to the monitoring of places of deprivation of liberty for children.
Saudi Arabia tells UN Human Rights Council it ‘does not torture’
Saudi Arabia has claimed to the UN Human Rights Council that it “fights torture” and guarantees fair trials – despite the planned execution of three juveniles who were tortured into ‘confessions’.
New Parliamentary group on Eritrea launched
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea was launched yesterday (9 March) following months of campaigning by Eritrea Focus.
Upcoming events
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes
Monday 14 March 2016
Launch of ‘Foxes Have Holes: Christian Responses to Housing Need’
Scotland risks ‘generational gulf’ in housing
An Ipsos MORI Scotland for Shelter Scotland shows that 90 per cent of people in Scotland think that the children of today will find it harder to buy or rent a home than the generation before them.
UK economy ‘£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned’ says TUC
The UK economy is £140 billion smaller than the government predicted in 2010, according to new analysis published yesterday (13 March) by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in its Budget statement.
Iain Duncan Smith, sanctions, and that video
We have, sadly, become accustomed to politicians making dubious claims, or even telling what appear to be lies when they feel cornered, or are trying to make a weak argument seem stronger.
The Archbishop’s error and owning up to prejudice
“Fears about mass immigration are completely reasonable, says Archbishop of Canterbury”, read a headline in the Sun newspaper, with the subheading “Justi
Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route
European leaders, meeting on 7 March in Brussels, have closed the Balkan route being used by refugees to enter and travel through the EU, in a move Christian Aid warns could be inhumane.