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More than a third of the people on the planet don’t have somewhere safe, clean and hygienic to go to the loo.
That’s 2.4 billion people, to be more precise.
Not having a loo puts people at risk of being bitten by snakes as they squat in the grass and makes women and girls a target for sexual assault as they go to the toilet in the open.
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Dylann RoofA white man accused of shooting dead nine black people at a church in Charleston is competent to stand trial, a federal judge in the US state of South Carolina has ruled.A psychiatric review of 22-year-old Dylann Roof was performed after a request from his defence team.He is accused25
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The 25 November was established in 1999 as the UN day for the elimination of violence against women.But what is the significance of this date?And why is it often marked with butterfly logos?On 25 November 1960, three young women who were political activists in the Dominican Republic, known25
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There has been an atrocious rise in the number of executions in Iran under the mullahs’ president, Hassan Rouhani, according to dissident writer Heshmat Alavi writing in the American Thinker on November 23.The following is the text of the op-ed: November 23, 2016 Hassan Rouhani: Iran's24
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Oxfam joins those seeking to end violence against women and girls.Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women and girls, said Oxfam – and the agency launched a new global campaign called “Enough: Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls” to stop24
Nov
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Florida's death chamberFlorida's highest court has thrown out the death sentence of a man responsible for a Central Florida murder.The big question: How will this affect others on death row?The legal community is debating that right now.Florida lawmakers this year passed a new law demanding at23
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2016
Well-known actors including David Tennant, David Morrissey, Tobias Menzies and Olivia Colman have voiced a collection of ‘last words’ from prisoners facing the death penalty and other abuses around the world.In a short film narrated by David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), released today by23
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2016
A 17-year-old here was arrested for possession of 1,730 stimulant pills worth RM 17,300.District police chief Superintendent Mohd Zamri Mohd Rowi said a narcotics team raided the Form Five student's home at Kampung Gong Penaga here following a tip-off on Thursday at 6.15pm.He said the suspect23
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Nguyen Thi Huong was sentenced to death for trafficking over a kilo of heroin.An appeals court in Vietnam has commuted the death sentence of a 73-year-old Australian woman convicted of heroin trafficking.The online state media outlet Vietnamnet
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Australian teenager Jamie Murphy was taken to Denpasar police station.An Australian teenager could face up to 12 years in jail after being arrested in Bali, Indonesia, on suspicion of possessing a drug.Jamie Murphy, 18, was detained at the Sky Garden nightclub at Kuta
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Oklahoma's death chamber"How merciless man is, how deaf to the cries of pity of other men; how light the pain of others seems to him, when his own is not mingled with it." - Roland Dorgelès, The Wooden CrossesOn April 29, 2014, the state of Oklahoma tortured Clayton Lockett
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A push to reinstate New Mexico's death penalty for certain violent crimes could end up stuck in neutral in the coming 60-day legislative session, after Democrats reclaimed the state House in last week's election and expanded their majority in the Senate.Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, who
Peshawar Central PrisonThe top court annulled orders of subordinate courtsISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) has acquitted a death row inmate in a murder case after at least 24 years over inconclusive evidence.The top court annulled orders of subordinate courts and ordered immediate25
Nov
2016
The Shot at Dawn Memorial, Staffordshire, UKOn Saturday 29 October 2016, a bracing Autumnal morning, and with a light drizzle threatening, three additional stakes were added to the Shot at Dawn Memorial (created by Birmingham artist Andy deComyn) at the National Memorial Arboretum in
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Iranian authorities have executed seven prisoners in northern Iran.Iran Human Rights (NOV 25 2016): According a report by the Iranian state-run news agency Jame Jam, two prisoners were hanged in the Gilan province (northern Iran) on murder charges.The report does not mention the identities of the24
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“Economic dependence and sexist stereotypes contribute to inequality and violence”.Trade Unions are fully determined to eliminate violence against women through collective agreements, and their proper implementation with employers, at national, sectoral and company levels.In a ground-breaking24
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2016
Rodricus CrawfordRodricus Crawford, a local man previously convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, was released from jail for now after a judge in Caddo District Court assigned him a $50,000 bond on Tuesday.The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed that Crawford bonded out of23
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Gallows at Tokyo Detention Center, JapanTwo prominent lawyers, one for the death penalty and the other against it, held a heated debate last Thursday at a symposium in Tokyo that sought to deepen discussion on Japan's capital punishment system.Yuji Ogawara, a Tokyo-based lawyer, contended that the
Meth bust at Malaysian airport (file photo)2 Turkish Cypriots, who appealed death sentences imposed on them last year in Malaysia for drug offences had their punishments reduced to 20 years' imprisonment, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday."The supreme court of Malaysia, met yesterday23
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Rodrigo DuterteReligious groups on Tuesday gave contrarian opinions to lawmakers on the morality of imposing death penalty even on the most heinous of criminals.Various religious groups read out their position papers during the House justice subcommittee on judicial reforms hearing, which22
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People’s lives and freedom are not commodities.Kahra Wayland-Larty reports on the recent European Detention and Custody Summit.[On 15 November 2016] at the Tower of London, a multitude of private security firms and companies attended the European Detention and Custody Summit – a £1500 per22
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Rodricus CrawfordThe Louisiana Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the conviction and death sentence of a man whose case drew national attention to the state's use of the death penalty.In its decision , the court said it was sending the case of Rodricus Crawford back to a lower court for Leggi21
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TUC publishes new guide for union reps to support trans people at work.The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held every year on 20 November and is when transgender people and their allies remember trans people who have lost their lives in the face of ignorance, oppression and violence.The25
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned the European Union he would sign a law bringing back the death penalty if it was approved by parliament.“Democracy, it’s respecting the people’s will,” Erdogan said in a speech in
Liu FeiyueThe editor of a Chinese website monitoring human rights issues has been detained on suspicion of subverting state power, according to an announcement on the website.Liu Feiyue, founder of the website Minsheng Guancha, was taken away earlier this month by police in the central Chinese25
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"Fatemeh, 11, once again a victim due to the inhumane Iran law of Qisas."A young girl blinded at the age of four chooses to approve the implementation of her attacker's retribution sentence.Iran Human Rights (NOV 24 2016): Fatemeh,
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Medieval and barbaric: Four men were hanged in public on the Island ofQeshm, Iran, on Wednesday November 23, 2016. Photo: Iran Human RightsIranian Regime’s Member of Parliament: 5,000 young people of 20 to 30 years old
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Campaigning to win continuity of employment and fairer contracts for casualised staff.This year’s ‘stamp out casual contracts’ day of action will be held during UCU’s national recruitment week on 24 November 2016.The University and College Union (UCU), represents over 110,000 academics
The family of a man executed in Singapore last week is dismayed at the handling of his funeral service and says he has been cremated against their wishes.Chijioke Stephen Obioha, 35, convicted of drug trafficking in 2007, was hanged on Friday morning after nearly a decade behind bars.His legal23
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Where are women in Northern Ireland’s Programme for Government consultation?The Women’s Resource and Development Agency (WRDA) is holding a meeting in Belfast on 1 December 2016 to discuss responses to the Northern Ireland Executive’s Draft Programme for Government, in order to contribute to a23
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The 10 condemned terrorists were given capital punishment by special military courts set-up after the 2014 Peshawar school attack for speedy trial of terrorists.Ahead of his retirement, Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif Tuesday confirmed death sentence handed down to 10 "hardcore22
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TRENTON — Two state lawmakers are looking to reverse New Jersey's landmark ban on the death penalty and restore the punishment for serious crimes.On Monday, Senators Steve Oroho (R-Sussex) and Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) introduced a bill that would restore capital punishment in certain murder22
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"We are spending 4 times more on death penalty cases than on comparable caseswithout death sentences despite having only executed 2 people since the 1960s."Cases with death sentences in Oregon, on average, cost more than double - and as much as $1 million more - than aggravated murder cases with21
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‘Are museums today presenting a diverse history of contemporary art or the history of money and power?’For over three decades now the Guerrilla Girls have been exposing and challenging sexism and racism in the visual arts, politics and culture at large, and now for the first time the anonymous