Gitmo hunger strike enters day 87
A hunger strike by prisoners at the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba has entered its 87th day, as Washington faces increasing international condemnation, Press TV reports. The hunger strike at the infamous US prison originally began in early February and has surged in recent weeks. The detainees refusal to eat came as an effort [...]
Myanmar president plans US visit
Myanmar president plans to visit Washington to hold talks with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, whose administration is lending unprecedented support for the southeast Asian country. The visit, which is scheduled to take place later in May, will make Thein Sein the first leader of Myanmar to travel to the US capital in the past [...]
UK jobless rate tripled under coalition
Long-term unemployment among British youths has almost tripled since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government came to power in 2010, the opposition party says. According to Labour’s analysis of official unemployment figures, the number of 18 to 24-year-olds out of work in the UK for more than a year has soared from 25,800 in April 2010 [...]
Afghan (interpreters – British workers) in UK asylum bid
Lawyers for three Afghan interpreters, who worked for British forces in Afghanistan, have launched a legal challenge against the British government’s decision not to allow them to settle in the UK. The interpreters began a legal bid to win the right to live in Britain, arguing they are at risk of retaliation from Taliban militants [...]
Israeli forces clash with Palestinian protesters
Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinian demonstrators protesting against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the occupied West Bank. Scores of Palestinians took to the streets in the villages of Kfar Kaddum, near Nablus, and Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday to express their anger over confiscation of their land by Tel [...]
Spain: Another monarchy losing popularity
A Spanish government agency poll shows the popularity of the Spanish monarchy has plunged to an unprecedentedly low level following recent scandals involving royal family members. Spain’s Center for Sociological Research published on Friday its April survey rating of the monarchy at 36.8 percent, down from 48.9 percent in October 2011, when the [...]
Nigel Farage to be…next master of the game?
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) declares itself the official opposition after making big gains in local elections. UKIP is averaging 25 percent of the vote in the wards where it is standing with more than 140 seats so far, the state-run BBC reported. Labour stands in the lead and the Conservatives in second place with [...]
Sex abuse victims to sue BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall
Victims of former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, who has admitted assaulting 13 girls between 1967 and 1986, are pursuing civil action against the ex-presenter. Alan Collins, a partner at law firm Pannone and a specialist in sexual abuse cases, said he has been instructed by a number of Hall’s victims to sue the former [...]
Nearly half of European jails overfilled
A Council of Europe report has warned that nearly half of all European countries experience prison overcrowdings. The report, published on Friday, revealed that 20 of 47 council’s member states have more inmates than places available, where in some penitentiaries there are 150 prisoners for 100 places. In the report, titled Council of Europe’s 2011 [...]
Canada guilty of human rights violation:UN
Canada’s Human Rights abuses have increasingly come under scrutiny by many United Nations’ members, as the country experienced a Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Press TV reports. A total of 83 countries raised concerns recently at UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding the country’s socio-economic disparities, violence against women as well as poor record of [...]