International Law

Girl taken into care after mother abandons her on holiday in Portugal

Posted on August 27, 2008
Girl taken into care after mother abandons her on holiday in Portugal What's all the fuss about? The McCanns have made child neglect acceptable...The girl's mother is reported to have gone out drinking in the town, leaving her daughter alone in their holiday apartment.

Government's spin bill rises to nearly £400m

Posted on August 27, 2008
Government's spin bill rises to nearly £400mGordon Brown's government is spending more on advertising and public relations than Tony Blair's, new figures have disclosed. "Official figures showed that central government spent a total of £391 million on advertising, marketing, PR and other presentational work in 2007-08...

Palestinian children 'kept naked in stable for 20 years by their father'

Posted on August 27, 2008
Palestinian children 'kept naked in stable for 20 years by their father'A Palestinian man has been accused of treating his two mentally ill children like animals by locking them naked in a stable for 20 years.Because he did not want to feel ashamed? I hope he feels shame now for this inhumane treatment of the mentally ill?

UK Tibet protester returns home

Posted on August 26, 2008
UK Tibet protester returns homeA British woman held in a Chinese jail for three days without charge after a Free Tibet demonstration has said she is "elated" to be back in the UK.Should we protest at the £10 Billion upwards that the London 2012 games is said to be going to cost the taxpayers?

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Jail population hits record high

Posted on August 26, 2008
Jail population hits record highScotland's prison population has risen by a third in 10 years, to reach more than 8,000 for the first time.The Scottish Prison Service said 8,013 people were in custody on Monday night, with 371 on home detention curfew...

All pupils to learn about slavery

Posted on August 26, 2008
All pupils to learn about slaveryBritain's involvement in the slave trade is to be studied by all secondary pupils in England from September.Children will study the development of the trade, colonisation and how slavery was linked to the British empire and the industrial revolution...

Rare albino whale shark photographed

Posted on August 26, 2008
Rare albino whale shark photographedWhale sharks are unusual and mysterious creatures but this rare albino specimen makes it even more so.

Lecturer wins payout in fraud row

Posted on August 26, 2008
Lecturer wins payout in fraud rowA Salford University lecturer has won a £10,000 payout after being accused of fiddling his expenses.At least there is no danger of MPs receiving payouts after being accused of fiddling their expenses...

Sion Jenkins gets away with murder at £.5M price tag

Posted on August 26, 2008
Sion Jenkins gets away with murder at £.5M price tagA distasteful and unsavoury aspect to the McCann case is the shameless way that the McCanns have profited from their crimes.It seems that this disease is spreading because...Sion Jenkins, the former deputy head teacher who was cleared of murdering his foster daughter, has revealed he is seeking up to £500,000 in compensation...

All change for miners' strike battlefield

Posted on August 26, 2008
All change for miners' strike battlefieldA quarter of a century after the "battle of Orgreave", the most violent clash during the miners' strike, the area is being redeveloped in a multi-million pound project. Will the past simply be forgotten?Perhaps, a statue of King Arthur Scargill on a column to match the one of Nelson in Trafalgar Square should mark this battle site?

Titan jails 'could be dangerous'

Posted on August 26, 2008
Titan jails 'could be dangerous'The proposed giant Titan jails could be dangerous and ministers have failed to explain why they would save money, a prisons watchdog has said.Given that smaller, more manageable prisons are better for society and prisoners...

Churchill, Canada: Polar bear capital

Posted on August 25, 2008
Churchill, Canada: Polar bear capitalEvery autumn, hundreds of polar bears descend on the small Canadian town of Churchill. Diana Preston watches them as they prepare for their annual migration north. A baby polar bear with its mother on the shore of Hudson Bay, ManitobaA tundra-buggy transports visitors on the lookout for polar bears across the icy landscapeYoung males spar to keep their muscles toned as they wait for the hunting season to beginA polar bear relaxes in the sun on the shore of Hudson Bay

Government 'criminalising young'

Posted on August 25, 2008
Government 'criminalising young'The government is too quick to criminalise young people for petty offences where informal punishment could be more effective, says a report.It is not just the young who are getting criminalised in a petty way, the older generations are getting penalised for dropping litter and over filling dustbins etc.

300 IRA members to fight convictions and seek compensation

Posted on August 25, 2008
300 IRA members to fight convictions and seek compensationUp to 300 IRA members are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and sue the British government for compensation for wrongful imprisonment, the Guardian has learned.Some former inmates of the Maze and other prisons during the Troubles have consulted lawyers and prisoners' groups on how to quash convictions, many of which they allege were secured through tampered evidence and confessions extracted under torture and duress...

Half-ton murder suspect 'too fat for jail'

Posted on August 25, 2008
Half-ton murder suspect 'too fat for jail'Texas prosecutors are trying to work out how to take into custody an obese murder suspect too fat to fit through her front door.

Criminal records on sale for just £37

Posted on August 24, 2008
Criminal records on sale for just £37Employers are abusing the system to snoop on recruits"Police files that were opened up with the aim of helping to protect children from sex offenders are being sold for as little as £37 to employers who simply want to find out more about job applicants".

Getting to the bottom of the problem...

Posted on August 23, 2008
Getting to the bottom of the problem...So, I went to the doctor's yesterday to see him about my worsening glaucoma. After the examination, I told him I had this other problem with my third eye. I dropped my trousers and leaned over his desk."Piles", he said...

Anne Dixon you are a twat

Posted on August 23, 2008
Anne Dixon you are a twatAnne Dixon, 55, of Stanley, County Durham, you are a twat! Contrary to your opinion, that you are not a prude, you are a prude.As a result of this one old bag complaining, when 28,000 other people didn't, ASDA has done the unthinkable and asked the publisher's Random House to substitute the word twat for twit in the best-selling book My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson...

Migrant children 'held too long'

Posted on August 22, 2008
Migrant children 'held too long'An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found.In my view, holding children, particularly disabled children, in prison for even a day is being held too long...

Guantanamo inmate wins right to see secret 'torture' evidence

Posted on August 22, 2008
Guantanamo inmate wins right to see secret 'torture' evidenceA British resident facing the death penalty at Guantanamo Bay has won his case for the Government to disclose secret evidence that he says supports claims he was tortured into confessing to crimes he did not commit...

Pigeon in custody for drug smuggling

Posted on August 22, 2008
Pigeon in custody for drug smugglingA Bosnian pigeon is in custody for smuggling drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said. "Prison guards grew suspicious when they saw "four prisoners visibly intoxicated shortly after the pigeon landed on a prison window," said Josip Pojavnik, deputy warden of Zenica prison...

Paedophile alert

Posted on August 22, 2008
Paedophile alertGary Glitter returns to BritainThe disgraced pop star Gary Glitter is being interviewed by police and immigration officers after arriving in Britain.Considering this report refers to "disgraced", the photo does not appear to show the face of a disgraced anything...

Home Office loses confidential data on all UK prisoners

Posted on August 22, 2008
Home Office loses confidential data on all UK prisonersThe Home Office has lost confidential information on every prisoner in the country and more than 40,000 serious criminals sparking yet another Government data crisis. "It has led to fears that the taxpayer may now face a multi-million pound compensation bill from criminals whose safety may be compromised...

Prison humour

Posted on August 22, 2008
Prison humourThis tickled my sense of humour.

Prisoners to get email access

Posted on August 22, 2008
Prisoners to get email accessThe Director General of Prisons and Probation, Phil Wheatley, is investigating the possibility of allowing prisoners access to email facilities. He is interested in the model currently used in some US prisons. Obviously, there will be security issues...

Dear John Tibet will be free

Posted on August 22, 2008
Dear John Tibet will be freeDear John,Just hours ago in Beijing, SFT members Alice Speller and GingerCassady held an open-air press conference where they spoke aboutthe Chinese government's ongoing crackdown in Tibet. They vowedthat even after the Olympic spotlight moves on from Beijing, theglobal movement for Tibetan freedom will continue until Chinaends its brutal military occupation of Tibet...

Gary Glitter launches a new career as a comedian

Posted on August 22, 2008
Gary Glitter launches a new career as a comedianGary Glitter vows to clear his name after 'travesty of justice' in Vietnam

Federal Prisons Offer Inmates Limited E-mail Access

Posted on August 21, 2008
Federal Prisons Offer Inmates Limited E-mail AccessThe secure system is expected to be in use at all facilities by 2011.By JESSICA GRESKOTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 12:01 a.m.Last Modified: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:50 a...

Is Nick Clegg all wind?

Posted on August 21, 2008
Is Nick Clegg all wind?Clegg approves wind farms"The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has been in Lincolnshire to give his backing to the use of wind farms".Video link.Perhaps, I should point out about the dangers of wind?

Pair told to stop fund-raising

Posted on August 21, 2008
Pair told to stop fund-raising"A couple who have raised funds for the RNLI for years have been told to stop unless they pay for a £5m insurance policy".Video link.Perhaps, the council is a public liability?

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