Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said in his annual report that almost 230 people died in jails, probation facilities and immigration detention centers in Britain last year, representing a 15 percent increase in the previous year’s figures. Newcomen described the rise in the numbers of deaths in custody in recent years as “particularly worrying”. […]
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Iran puts new bounty on Rushdie’s head
Caretaker of 15th of Khordad Foundation, Ayatollah Sheikh Hassan Sane’ei made the remarks in a statement issued on Saturday following worldwide protests against the production of a sacrilegious movie in the US, which insults Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), ISNA reported. He added that the bounty, which was announced by late Imam Khomeini on the writer’s head, […]
Prince Harry was ‘main target’: Taliban
Insurgents, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, launched an attack on heavily-fortified Camp Bastion, the British HQ in southern Helmand province on Friday night. The attack left two US troopers dead and several others injured. A Taliban spokesperson described the attack as a revenge for an anti-Islam movie made in the US by Zionist […]
UK demo highlights inmates’ suffering
The demonstrators handed out flyers and talked to the public about the statistics. The findings of a report commissioned by FCO and published in June 2012 by a delegation of British lawyers on the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law concluded that Israel is in breach of articles 2, 3, 37(b), 37(c), and […]
UK death toll in Afghanistan tops 430
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the deaths, announcing that the soldiers, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were killed at a checkpoint in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province. The attack was the latest in a series of “green on blue” attacks by Afghan personnel on NATO troops in the country. […]
UK troops to leave Afghanistan sooner
The speed of British troops going out of Afghanistan could increase next year as Afghan forces are able to take control of security issues and the fight against Taliban. Hammond said British commanders were surprised by the extent to which Afghan forces were able to take the lead in security. Nevertheless, NATO forces’ disrespect for […]
UK Duke and Duchess privacy exposed
The British royal couple, now formally known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were said to be on holiday in a private house in the south of France. Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton described the publication of the photos as a “grotesque and unjustifiable” invasion of their privacy. The incident comes as […]
UK fails to treat students like humans
Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, who is a representative of vice-chancellors, stressed, “Let’s all ponder on how we would have reacted if that had happened to our sons and daughters in a foreign country.” Meanwhile, overseas students at London Metropolitan University have been given a three-month time limit to find alternative courses after […]
Protests hit UK embassy in Sudan
On Friday September 14, a UK Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed that a demonstration was held outside the British embassy in Khartoum. The blasphemous movie has sparked protests in the Muslim world, leadingd to mass demonstrations against Western powers. Other nations with high Muslim populations like Tunisia and Indonesia also saw demonstrations outside the heavily guarded […]
Taliban attack Prince Harry’s base
According to British media reports, the attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles stormed a British air base in Afghanistan in the early hours of Saturday September 15, 2012. “One of the motivations could be the presence of Prince Harry in that camp,” Ahmad Majidyar, of the American Enterprise Institute, told the British state-run […]
No hope for UK Tories boundary changes
In an interview with ConservativeHome, Shapps noted that the new constituency boundaries will not get through the House of Commons, meaning that the existing boundaries have been accepted by the party members. While critics considered the move as a retreat, a senior party source said the move did not mean they had given up hope […]
UK Duke, Duchess sue French magazine
The celebrity gossip magazine Closer printed a dozen private pictures of Kate that were taken during the couple’s holiday at the French chateau owned by Lord Linely, the British Queen’s nephew. “St. James’s Palace confirms that legal proceedings for breach of privacy have been commenced today in France by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge […]
UK caught in illusions on Syria unrest
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague had previously stated that Iran’s peaceful efforts to end the unrest in Syria were not helpful. But recently, a spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said London did not reject the initiative from Egypt, which seeks help from Iran to deal with the unrest in Syria. This comes after […]
Another UK soldier dies in Afghanistan
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported that the death was not related to the recent incident at Camp Bastion where two United States Marines were killed. The UK soldier died when his vehicle hit an explosive device in the Nahr-e Saraj district of the Helmand Province. Major Laurence Roche, a spokesman for Task Force […]
Muslims in London target US embassy
Muslim cleric and former solicitor Anjem Choudary led the flag-burning demonstration outside the US embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, on Friday September 14, while the protesters chanted “burn burn USA” and set an American flag on fire. The anti-Islam film has angered millions of people in the Muslim world, sparking mass protests outside US embassies […]
Russia rejects UK claims on Assad deal
Peskov said such “a statement is not true” though he attributed the issue to “difficulties of translation,” Interfax reported. The announcement came ahead of a meeting between Putin and Cameron in London that is believed to focus on Russia’s veto of three US-backed resolutions against Syria. In the latest of the vetoes two weeks ago, […]
Russia rejects UK claims on Assad deal
Peskov said such “a statement is not true” though he attributed the issue to “difficulties of translation,” Interfax reported. The announcement came ahead of a meeting between Putin and Cameron in London that is believed to focus on Russia’s veto of three US-backed resolutions against Syria. In the latest of the vetoes two weeks ago, […]
Argentina protests Malvinas vandalism
A monument to Argentine soldiers who were killed in the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the Malvinas has been desecrated. The vandalism was discovered by an Argentinean national living in the archipelago. On Wednesday 1 August, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry released an official statement saying Argentina is “strongly convinced that through […]
Argentina protests Malvinas vandalism
A monument to Argentine soldiers who were killed in the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the Malvinas has been desecrated. The vandalism was discovered by an Argentinean national living in the archipelago. On Wednesday 1 August, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry released an official statement saying Argentina is “strongly convinced that through […]
UK treatment of remand prisoners rapped
On July 2, Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, said in a report that those given non-custodial sentences and those found innocent in England and Wales are not given the help and support that sentenced inmates get. The report, which was based on fieldwork in five jails and inspection reports for 33 local prisons, […]