October, 2017
Oxford accused of ‘social apartheid’ as colleges admit no black students
October 20, 2017 · By Richard Adams and Helena Bengtsson for www.theguardian.com
Labour MP attacks university where one in three colleges failed to admit a black British student with A-levels in 2015 Nearly one in three Oxford colleges failed to admit a single black British A-level student in 2015, with the university accused of “social apartheid” over its admissions policies by the former education minister David Lammy. […]
Read More...Trump was insensitive in call to widow – soldier’s mother
October 20, 2017 · By US & Canada for www.bbc.com
The mother of a US soldier who was killed in action has backed a congresswoman’s claim that President Donald Trump showed insensitivity during a phone call to her son’s widow. Representative Frederica Wilson said he had told Myeshia Johnson: “He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.” Mr Trump […]
Read More...150-kilo woman sits on girl, girl dies
October 19, 2017 · By Associated Press for newsinfo.inquirer.net
PENSACOLA, Florida, United States — A 150-kilo Florida woman is charged with killing her 9-year-old cousin by sitting on the child as punishment. Veronica Green Posey, 64, was arrested and charged with homicide and cruelty toward a child, The Pensacola News Journal reported. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report identified Posey as the girl’s cousin. […]
Read More...2 arrested for child abuse in Pueblo
October 19, 2017 · By KKTV News for www.kktv.com
PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) – A good Samaritan noticed a child limping in the area of Northern Avenue and Beulah Avenue on Sunday when they called 911. The child was taken to the hospital and examined. The child had several broken bones, lacerations and contusions throughout their body that were in different stages of healing. 11 […]
Read More...‘Unacceptable’: UN committee damns Australia’s record on human rights
October 19, 2017 · By Ben Doherty for www.theguardian.com
Committee vice-chair says Australia can’t ‘pick and choose’ which laws it follows and which rights it wants to uphold Australia has been excoriated before the UN human rights committee for its “chronic non-compliance” with the committee’s recommendations, drawing particular condemnation over the mandatory detention of children and the same-sex marriage survey. Prof Yuval Shany, the […]
Read More...Deputy, ex-cop accused of felony child abuse
October 19, 2017 · By Kate Croxton / Times-News for www.thetimesnews.com
An Alamance County sheriff’s deputy and a former Elon University campus police officer have been arrested and charged with felony child abuse. The District Attorney’s Office asked the State Bureau of Investigation to assist in a physical child abuse and neglect case May 24, according to a statement by Scott Williams with the SBI. The […]
Read More...Modern slavery and trafficking ‘in every UK town and city’
October 18, 2017 · By UK for www.bbc.com
Modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is “far more prevalent than previously thought,” the National Crime Agency has said. The NCA said there were more than 300 live policing operations currently, with cases affecting “every large town and city in the country”. The agency estimated that there were tens of thousands of victims. […]
Read More...Car bomb kills crusading journalist in Malta who investigated Panama Papers
October 18, 2017 · By The Center for Public Integrity for www.publicintegrity.org
News sources today are reporting the tragic death of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist who reported on the Panama Papers investigation and was renowned for her own investigations into corruption in Malta. Caruana Galizia, 53, was reportedly killed in a car bombing near her home. Local media reports indicated that in recent days she had […]
Read More...Britain must do more to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe back from Iran Shirin Ebadi
October 17, 2017 · By www.theguardian.com
Last week in Iran, while most global attention focused on Donald Trump’s threat to shred the nuclear deal, new charges were brought against the British-Iranian charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Arrested last year while on holiday with her one-year-old, Nazanin faces 16 additional years behind bars. She is currently serving five years, accused of plotting to […]
Read More...Modern slavery referrals up 300% in UK due to improved identification
October 17, 2017 · By www.theguardian.com
Increase included doubling of number of Vietnamese men used to farm cannabis since 2015, Salvation Army figures reveal There has been a 300% increase in the number of victims of modern slavery referred for support in the past six years, and a huge increase in the number of men from Vietnam trafficked to work in […]
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