In this issue
Thursday 7 April 2016
£1.7 trillion military spending ‘destroying global economy’
Conscience, the peace building NGO, is supporting the Global Day of Action on Military Spending this year by raising awareness of the £1.7 trillion spent by governments on war.
Foreign Affairs Committee to monitor Briton held in Ethiopia
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has said it will monitor the case of a British father held in Ethiopia, among other cases, amid concerns that the government has lessened its commitment to ending human rights abuses abroad.
UN call for probe into migrant deaths at Libyan detention centre
Expressing deep regret and concern over the deaths of four migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in a detention centre in al-Zawiya, Libya, the senior United Nations humanitarian official in that country called yesterday (6 April 2016) for an independent, impartial and full investigation into their deaths.
Global executions reach 25-year high
The number of executions carried out globally during 2015 rose to a 25-year high, a review of the global state of the death penalty has found.
Churches commit to campaign to end adolescent AIDS
Sexual and reproductive health services must be not just “youth-friendly” but also “male- and female-friendly” and “youth participatory” so that young men and women gain access to the information and services they need and want, agreed adolescents who attended a workshop in Lomé, Togo..