The number of people migrating to the UK each year will be 45,000 more than previously predicted, figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had estimated that the net increase in population due to migration would be 145,000 a year. for more click here
A black teenager jailed in the racially combustible “Jena Six” case was released Thursday, hours after the prosecutor announced that he would no longer seek to try him as an adult.
Mychal Bell, 17, had spent nearly 10 months behind bars after he and five other black youths allegedly assaulted a white classmate last year at Jena High School in Louisiana. for more click here
Burma’s security forces have sealed off the five main monasteries in Rangoon and declared them no-go areas to prevent anti-government protests.
A small crowd assembled in the city’s centre but was dispersed by soldiers without shots being fired, reports say. for more click here
Italy: Deportation Order Puts Tunisian at Risk of Torture
Tunisia’s Promises of Humane Treatment Cannot Be Trusted
(New York, September 26, 2007) – The Italian government should halt its
efforts to deport a national security suspect back to Tunisia, where he
faces the risk of torture and abuse despite the Tunisian government’s
unreliable promises of humane treatment, Human Rights Watch said today
in a letter to the Italian government.
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The independent body charged with reviewing NHS Health Board funding has submitted its final report to the Scottish Government.
Ministers will now consider the detailed recommendations of the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) within the context of the forthcoming Spending Review.
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Crime covered by the Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey (SCVS) increased by an estimated 13 per cent between 2003-04 and 2005-06, according a research report published today by the Scottish Government.
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BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)– Chinese securities forces have detained a prominent Christian human rights lawyer and family members, amid an apparent new government-led crackdown on house churches, observers following the case said Thursday, September 27. for more click here
[JURIST] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile] devoted much of his address [PDF statement] to the 62nd UN General Assembly on Wednesday to attacking the human rights record of US President George W. Bush. Mugabe was responding to Bush’s address [PDF text], where Bush called Mugabe’s government a “tyrannical regime” that has “cracked down on peaceful calls for reform, and forced millions to flee their homeland.” Mugabe in turn accused Bush of human rights abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of torturing prisoners in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in secret prisons in Europe [JURIST news archives]. for more click here
Proposals for an alternative to the previous Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) project were today set out by the Scottish Government.
Speaking at the Parliament today, Mr Stevenson vowed to provide good public transport access to Edinburgh Airport in order to encourage fewer people to drive there. He also stated that the proposals will be delivered for a fraction of the cost of EARL project and without high risk.
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Behind the bloody war in Iraq and the looming war with Iran is an amoral determination by the Bush administration to dominate the region’s vast oil reserves. As much as George W. Bush’s defenders deny this fact, the truth continues to seep out. In this guest essay, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern explores the policy’s moral bankruptcy. for more click here