The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt A Conservative government would remove the anti-war camp set up outside parliament, Tory leader David Cameron has confirmed. Brian Haw has camped in Parliament Square for eight years now in protest at Britain’s foreign policy. He has survived numerous legal attempts to remove him. But the Tory leader said enough is enough…. Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The last of nine staff at the British embassy in Iran was released yesterday, the government has confirmed. Hossein Rassam had been held by Iranian authorities for three weeks on suspicion that Britain was deliberately stoking up unrest in the wake of the recent disputed presidential election. Eight others had been arrested… Read more »
