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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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The UN General Assembly voted to replace Russia with the Czech Republic on its human rights body after its suspension following allegations of rights’ violations in Ukraine. The Spanish government passed draft legislation which will ensure that abortion is available to all, including women from the age of 16 without the permission of their parents.…
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Good News World Central African Republic lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty, following Chad and Sierra Leone. Momentum is growing for abolition across the entire continent. Believing that the Supreme Court is about to overturn the Roe v Wade decision about access to abortion, the US Senate is trying to rush through legislation…
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Good News Britain The Home Office has cancelled its own chartered deportation flight to northern Iraq carrying up to 30 Kurdish asylum seekers, the first flight of its kind for a decade. Gloucestershire councillors have backed the removal of a 248-year-old statue linked to the transatlantic slave trade. However, the Communities Secretary may block this…
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