Archive for December 2014 | Monthly archive page
Clare speaking on amendments to the Social Welfare Bill raises important concerns of pension schemes which have been ignored by the current government. Click on the link below to watch:
by Jamison Maeda
Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old, was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. It’s the infamous, American narrative; White police officers killing black people because of institutionalized racism and discrimination. Most people around the world are aware of it. Americans certainly are. But to what extent are black people more likely to be shot by police than other races or ethnic groups? The truth is, no one really knows the truth.
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450 Days
Following Ibrahim Halawa’s case, Three month ago, the trial of Mr Halawa was deferred and transferred to a new venue and a new judge, without a date being fixed. Referring to his trial on August 12 last, which was dramatically abandoned mid-hearing, Ibrahim writes: “I didn’t get to talk to my lawyer and the court cage was sound-proof (the one I didn’t even enter) which is also illegal. We refused to leave until we get to see a judge as a result we were beaten up, dragged down the stairs, handcuffed in threes, we were spat on and all this just because we refused to leave until we were to see a judge.”
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