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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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By Ian Dunt The pressure on Speaker Michael Martin has reached tipping point with a motion of no confidence receiving cross-party support and a line of senior Labour figures urging him to step down before the next election. David Cameron has pointedly refused to endorse the Speaker, while Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has given… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The UK has stopped rising up the European league table of humanitarian aid. It now stands behind Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, spending 0.41 per cent of national income on overseas aid. Italy came bottom of the table, spending just 0.16 per cent of its national income. The… Read more »
