June, 2015
Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram ‘brainwashed to fight for group’
June 30, 2015 · By Dominic Smith for www.theguardian.com
Escaped captives told BBC Panorama that some of the 219 girls flog those who cannot recite Qur’an and slit throats of captured males Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other […]
Read More...Children in conflict zones need $2.3B to go to school —UNESCO
June 30, 2015 · By JOSEPH D URSO, Thomson Reuters Foundation for www.gmanetwork.com
LONDON – The 34 million children who are out of school in conflict-affected countries need $2.3 billion to get them all schooling, ten times the amount education currently receives in aid, the United Nations’ education agency UNESCO said on Monday. “Returning to school may be the only flicker of hope and normality for many children […]
Read More...Children in conflict zones need $2.3B to go to school —UNESCO
June 30, 2015 · By JOSEPH D URSO, Thomson Reuters Foundation for www.gmanetwork.com
LONDON – The 34 million children who are out of school in conflict-affected countries need $2.3 billion to get them all schooling, ten times the amount education currently receives in aid, the United Nations’ education agency UNESCO said on Monday. “Returning to school may be the only flicker of hope and normality for many children […]
Read More...Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram ‘brainwashed to fight for group’
June 30, 2015 · By www.theguardian.com
Escaped captives told BBC Panorama that some of the 219 girls flog those who cannot recite Qur’an and slit throats of captured males Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other […]
Read More...NI driver killed in Belgium school trip bus crash
June 29, 2015 · By Northern Ireland for www.bbc.com
Ben Moore reports: Eyewitnesses have said that the coach went into the pillar of a motorway bridge A bus driver from Northern Ireland has been killed in a coach crash in Belgium. James ‘Geordie’ Chance was on a bus carrying 34 school children from an Essex school in the UK. A second driver from Northern […]
US State Dept. 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
June 29, 2015 · By Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC for www.state.gov
On June 25, 2015, Secretary Kerry submitted the 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (commonly known as the Human Rights Reports) to the U.S. Congress. The reports, now in their 39th year, are available at State.gov/humanrightsreports and HumanRights.gov/reports. Mandated by Congress, the Human Rights Reports help inform U.S. government policy and foreign assistance. They […]
Read More...Man charged with human trafficking after raid rescues Romanian woman
June 29, 2015 · By Staff and agencies for www.theguardian.com
Razvan Ursu, 32, arrested after 26-year-old victim is found by police at a property in Burnley A man has been charged with human trafficking after a Romanian woman was found by police at an address in Burnley. The 26-year-old woman was discovered in a raid at the property on Friday night. Lancashire constabulary said officers […]
Read More...Man charged with human trafficking after raid rescues Romanian woman
June 29, 2015 · By www.theguardian.com
Razvan Ursu, 32, arrested after 26-year-old victim is found by police at a property in Burnley A man has been charged with human trafficking after a Romanian woman was found by police at an address in Burnley. The 26-year-old woman was discovered in a raid at the property on Friday night. Lancashire constabulary said officers […]
Read More...2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
June 29, 2015 · By Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC for www.state.gov
Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC June 25, 2015 On June 25, 2015, Secretary Kerry submitted the 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (commonly known as the Human Rights Reports) to the U.S. Congress. The reports, now in their 39th year, are available at State.gov/humanrightsreports and HumanRights.gov/reports. Mandated by Congress, the Human Rights […]
Read More...NI driver killed in Belgium school trip bus crash
June 29, 2015 · By Northern Ireland for www.bbc.com
Ben Moore reports: Eyewitnesses have said that the coach went into the pillar of a motorway bridge A bus driver from Northern Ireland has been killed in a coach crash in Belgium. James ‘Geordie’ Chance was on a bus carrying 34 school children from an Essex school in the UK. A second driver from Northern […]
