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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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Newspaper group Trinity Mirror has announced that it is to cut 550 jobs to try to create a ‘stronger and better performing company’. The group also plans to sell its Northern Ireland newspaper division after the announcement of a six-month strategic review of the company. These announcements come after the company revealed its first-half profits… Read more »
The CIA raised serious objections to several claims in the September dossier on Iraq’s capacity to launch lethal weapons, the Foreign Office admitted yesterday. The CIA raised questions over Iraq’s capacity to deploy chemical and biological weapons within “45 minutes” and the claim that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy uranium from Africa, officials told… Read more »
