EU demands Sri Lanka war inquiry

May 18, 2009

EU foreign ministers have called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes by Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lanka’s government.

PM – Obama embarks on peace in the Middle East

May 15, 2009

This is a transcript from PM. A program broadcasted on Australian Radio National and ABC Local Radio.

Justice system a ‘sexist operation’, study finds

May 13, 2009

The criminal justice system is condemned as an institutionally sexist operation that lets down female victims, fails to help women offenders out of a cycle of crime and prevents professionals reaching the top jobs.

US rejoins UN’s human rights forum

May 12, 2009

Bush had shunned it as an ineffective dictator’s club. Obama’s team pledges to work from within to ‘improve’ it.

Health trusts face big bills for dealing with GP’s misconduct

May 11, 2009

Lib Dems condemn cost of delayed disciplinary cases. Two doctors have been suspended for 1,810 days.

Another torture scandal for Egypt

May 1, 2009

The Lebanese al-Jadid TV network on Tuesday night released a footage showing excruciating torture of a Lebanese detained by Egyptian forces.

2008 ‘deadliest’ year for Palestinians: rights group

April 26, 2009

GAZA CITY (AFP) — More than 1,000 Palestinians were killed in 2008 in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, making it the deadliest year since Israel was founded in 1948, a Palestinian rights group said on Saturday.

Racist escapes terror charge after threat to behead and bomb Muslims

April 15, 2009

THE Crown Office has been accused of double standards by Scotland’s biggest Islamic group for not bringing terrorism charges against a man who threatened to blow up a mosque and behead Muslims.