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August 2022 Newsletter Newsletter

Amnesty’s report Afghanistan: Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls under Taliban Rule

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This report makes for upsetting, if entirely predictable, reading as the executive summary states:   In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they took control of the country’s government, the Taliban said they were committed to upholding the rights of women and girls. Yet…
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British Nationals Deprived of Nationality

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A small group of British women and children, some 20 families, are detained in desert camps in North-East Syria, held in inhumane conditions with inadequate access to water, food, and healthcare. Investigations by Reprieve show that almost two-thirds of the women are victims of trafficking, often after online grooming by ISIS. A six-month inquiry by…
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Judges under Attack by Executive

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A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Democracy and the Constitution called An Independent Judiciary – Challenges since 2016 suggests improper attacks on judges threaten the constitution. The APPG argued that government politicians are misrepresenting legal rulings to their own advantage, attacking judges over their decisions and making threats about legal reform.…
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August 2022 Newsletter

Police Investigations in England and Wales of Stillbirths and Miscarriages

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Some readers of the July Newsletter were surprised that abortions are not legal in England and Wales and are controlled by the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. Women experiencing stillbirths or miscarriages can still be investigated by the police on suspicion of having had an illegal abortion, e.g. by taking pills bought online or…
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July 2022 Newsletter Newsletter

Good and Bad News around the World – July Update

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Good News World The Taliban have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country’s production of opium and heroin. Afghanistan is the world’s biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia. The ban will, however, affect the livelihoods of many farmers and day labourers who…
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Good News and Bad News in Europe – July Update

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Good News Europe The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees was sold for £84.4mn. Bomb-disposal experts are clearing landmines from farms in Ukraine and the Halo Trust is training more women detectors to replace the men in Ukraine who have been conscripted. Belgium is…
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Good and Bad News in Britain – July Update

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Good News Britain Peter Jouvenal, who featured in our Action Links in June, has now been freed by the Taliban along with the four other British nationals they held for more than six months. They have all now left Afghanistan. The government has announced that it will waive the £1,012 child citizenship fee for children…
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Scotsman Facing Death Penalty in India

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Jagtar Singh Johal is a young Scotsman facing the death penalty in India. He had translated for an activist website called neverforget84 which refers to Indian troops storming the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Sikhism’s holiest site. In October 2017, Jagtar travelled to India to get married. Just two weeks later, he was abducted off the…
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The Right to Bear Arms?

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Just days after the shooting and killing of 21 people, mainly children, in Uvalde, America’s National Rifle Association (NRA) held its convention boasting 14 acres of the latest weapons. Although its membership has declined since 2018, it spent £23mn on the elections in 2020. New organisations are springing up which take an even harder line…
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