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Friday, 10 February 2017 10:14
Syria: report on prison hangings denied
Syria's justice ministry has rejected a report by Amnesty International that alleged as many as 13,000 people have been executed at a government prison. The ministry said the claims were ‘completely untrue and intended to harm…
Friday, 10 February 2017 10:10
Archbishop on water inequality
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has said the problem of water supply and sanitation illustrates why South Africa ‘is one of the most unequal countries in the world.’ He also described drought as one…
Friday, 03 February 2017 09:06
Samoa - a Christian country
The Samoan government wants to change the constitution to define Samoa officially as a Christian nation. The constitution already references Christianity in the cover and preamble, but not in the main text. Prime minister Malielegaoi said,…
Friday, 03 February 2017 09:03
USA: nomination for Supreme Court vacancy
President Trump named Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace Justice Antonin Scalia who died last February. Gorsuch currently serves on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals…
Friday, 03 February 2017 09:00
Bangladesh: trafficked girls learn Hindi
Trafficked from Bangladesh and sold into a brothel in Mumbai, Babli started learning Hindi last year at the shelter where she was put up after being rescued. She can now read, write and speak the language…
Friday, 03 February 2017 08:58
South Africa: deaths of nearly 100 mentally-ill
Malegapuru Makgopa, South Africa’s health ombudsman, has said that 94 mentally-ill patients died of starvation, dehydration and diarrhoea at care centres last year. The deaths followed a ‘reckless’ attempt by the government to save money by…