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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
 Britain’s senior judge gave warning last night that the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday risks “recurrent crisis”, with the judiciary under pressure to tailor sentences to the number of prison spaces. He spoke as the prison population hit an-all time record of 80,193 — a figure that underlines the huge problems that the new ministry will inherit from the Home Office. A slimmed-down Home Office will focus on terrorism, security, immigration and identity cards, handing over prisons, probation and criminal justice to the Ministry of Justice. But the division of the 225-year-old Home Office was dismissed by Charles Clarke, a former Home Secretary, as irresponsible. The Conservatives said that it would “compound” existing problems. Be first to comment this article
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
 John Dugard, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories presents a report to the fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution without a vote which called for two urgent fact-finding missions to be dispatched to the occupied Palestinian territory, voicing concern that previous attempts to investigate potential human rights abuses had been hindered by Israel.Comments (1) |
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
 There are many connections in Latin America to the suffering in the Middle East. The crushing of popular, reformist governments by the US and the setting up of torture regimes, from Guatemala to Chile, have echoes from Iran to Afghanistan. The current attacks on the Chávez government in Venezuela by the media, which Ray McGovern describes as being "domesticated by their wish to serve", are essential in disclaiming the right of the poor to find another way. Elected last December with a record landslide of votes cast by three-quarters of the eligible population - his 11th major election victory - Hugo Chávez expresses the kind of genuine exuberant democracy long ago abandoned in Britain.Comments (1) |
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
 I sensed something was slightly unreal about the Jordanian capital Amman when I was there Monday. The distorted reality, I quickly discovered, reflected the presence in town of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose Mideast diplomatic efforts increasingly look like a self-deceiving world of mirrors and make-believe. The most galling thing about Rice's and Washington's approach is its fundamental dishonesty. The Bush administration spent its first six years avoiding any serious engagement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, or decisively siding with the Israelis on most key contested points, like refugees, security or settlements.Comments (1) |
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
 John Howard's servility to the US is even greater than Tony Blair's and has earned him the nickname Bush's deputy sheriff. The conspiracy between Washington, the media and politicians is eroding the country's freedoms. In June this year, 26,000 US and Australian troops will take part in bombarding the ancient fragile landscape of Australia. Run via satellite from Australia and Hawaii, Operation Talisman Sabre 2007 is warfare by remote control, designed for "pre-emptive" attacks on other countries. Australians know little about this. The Australian parliament has not debated it; the media is not interested.Be first to comment this article |
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
 Scores of worried parents are buying body armour for their children in a desperate attempt to keep them safe as street violence escalates. A firm that supplies stab and bullet-proof vests to government agencies around the world has sold 60 jackets, at a cost of between £300 to £425, to concerned parents who have flooded the company with inquiries after several murders of teenagers on London streets. Last month, at a gun crime summit at Downing Street, senior police officers from London and Manchester gave warning that the perpetrators and victims of gun crime were becoming younger.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 25 March 2007 |
 Pope Benedict has strongly criticized the EU for excluding a mention of God and Europe's Christian roots in declarations marking the 50th anniversary of its founding. In a toughly-worded speech to European bishops, Benedict said Europe is committing a form of "apostasy of itself" and is thus doubting its own identity. The Pope said leaders could not exclude values that helped forge the "very soul" of the continent.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 25 March 2007 |
 Measures to tackle antisemitism in British universities will be unveiled this week amid concern about rising discrimination. The government will warn vice-chancellors they must not ignore antiJewish activity on campuses and must prevent prejudiced lecturers, guest speakers and extremist political organisations stirring up hatred against Israel. Guidelines for universities are expected to say that campus authorities should record all complaints of antisemitism made by students, including statements or speeches.Be first to comment this article |
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