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The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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Afghanistan is hosting a two day forum on its illegal drug industry which last year reportedly accounted for 90 percent of heroin consumed in Europe. UN officials warned the drugs trade could be funding international terrorism as well as undermining the Afghan state. Nearly 7 percent of the population is now said to work in… Read more »
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has said Britain and the US dramatised intelligence information to boost the argument for the Iraq war. He told the BBC’s Breakfast with Frost programme that those who drafted the UK’s Iraqi arms dossier acted like salesmen trying to “exaggerate the importance” of their wares. But he did… Read more »
