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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon spent the day attempting to shift the focus of the campaign away from Iraq. After publishing the Attorney General’s legal advice yesterday, Mr Blair turned his attentions to economic stability under Labour. The party’s frontmen jointly unveiled Labour’s latest campaign poster on the theme ‘forward not back’. It… Read more »
Sinn Fein today became the last main party to launch its general election manifesto, calling for action from both the Irish and the British governments if the IRA agreed to move beyond “armed struggle”. The IRA is not expected to respond to Gerry Adam’s call for them to move to purely political operations before the… Read more »
