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The UK’s largest ever exhibition of work by pioneering female comics artists is up – until 15 May.
Called ‘Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics’, the exhibtion is at The House of Illustration, at 2 Granary Square, King’s Cross London N1C 4BH.
This exhibition gives you the chance to explore the world of comics through original artwork by 100 women comic creators working across genres and generations – from the 1800s to the present day; from observational comedy to surreal fantasy, challenging biography to subversive dissent.
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A tribunal is tomorrow (Thursday 11 Feb) due to hear arguments on whether the UK Government should be allowed to withhold information which could show it has provided support for the death penalty in Pakistan.Ministers have so far refused to publish documents assessing the risk that financial10
Feb
2016
Presidential hopeful Rodrigo DutertePresidential candidate and Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's latest sound bite reinforced his iron-hand stance against crime: He not only wants the death penalty back, he also wants the execution to be opened to the public."I will work for the restoration of the09
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February 4, 2016: Two prisoners were executed in Pakistan, in two different prisons.Key facilitator of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, terrorist Bilal Ahmed alias Abu Abdullah was executed in Kohat Central Jail early in the morning.Bilal s/o Faiz Ahmed was arrested two years back from his native09
Feb
2016
Ali Mohammed al-NimrA young protester who was reportedly forced to admit to crimes after being tortured when he was a teenager could be beheaded in the coming days.Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012, along with 2 others who were also minors at the time, following
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Welcome to BaliAustralian travellers have continued to flock to Bali in record numbers despite the highly-publicised and controversial executions of two Australians last year and the melodrama surrounding Schapelle Corby.Travel data from Hotels.com ranked the Indonesian island as the top
Anthony GravesFormer Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta Jr. will remain disbarred for his conduct in winning the wrongful capital murder conviction of Anthony Graves. The Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals Monday upheld Sebesta's disbarment for "professional misconduct" in the08
Feb
2016
Hamas militants prepare to execute a Palestinian suspected ofcollaborating with Israel in Gaza City on Aug. 22, 2014.Occupied Jerusalem: Human Rights Watch has condemned Hamas’ execution of one of its own fighters after
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Harris County Precinct 4, TexasAmong the 3,000 counties that make up the United States, there is 1 in Texas where it's best not to mess with the law, because justice is hard and mistakes are common.Harris County has executed a record 125 people since the US Supreme
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Is it time civil partnerships were open to all couples, regardless of gender or sexual orientation?The case of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, a heterosexual couple who want to have a civil partnership instead of getting married, will resonate with many couples today, a growing number of07
Feb
2016
Brandon J. ShawNAMPA — Nine people are awaiting execution in Idaho. Only three have been executed since 1977 under Idaho’s death penalty.The issue of capital punishment continues to raise questions nationwide — financially and ethically.Those questions are now being asked in Canyon County, where06
Feb
2016
Former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamada and his sister8 films from home and abroad on the theme of capital punishment will screen at a Tokyo theater from Feb 13 to 19, providing Japanese viewers with an opportunity to contemplate the death penalty while their country
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Texas Death ChamberA 42-year-old man sent to death row for a fatal shooting during a Dallas-area sandwich shop robbery in 2002 has received an execution date.Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Tuesday convicted killer Terry Darnell Edwards is scheduled for lethal10
Feb
2016
There is no place for sexism on our high streets. Tweet to help.Last month The Times revealed that shops on the UK’s high streets were on average charging women 37 per cent more than men on a range of everyday products – a difference now dubbed the ‘sexist surcharge’.In response, a Change.org
Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH - Saudi Arabia executed on Monday an Egyptian man convicted of smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said, bringing to 59 the number of convicts put to death this year.Ibrahim Mohammed Salman was caught trying to smuggle opium which
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‘Decent work for all’ campaign focusses on 5 issues.Trade union activists targeted Sports Direct over its shameful employment practices in a protest at Rangers’ Ibrox stadium on the weekend.Protest banners also appeared in other parts of Scotland, including at the Forth Bridges, Glasgow’s09
Feb
2016
Pablo Ibar in 2009Pablo Ibar has always maintained his innocence over 1994 triple murderThe Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trialfor a Spaniard who had been on death row for over 15 years after being convicted of the 1994 murders of three people.Lawyers
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Following a set of recommendations made by a committee appointed to look into the death sentence issued on several convicts, it has been decided to convert the death sentence imposed on 34 of those convicts into life imprisonment. President Maithripala Sirisena had taken the decision after08
Feb
2016
Indonesian police drug bust (file photo)Jakarta. Security officers at Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra have handed a 54-year-old woman over to police after finding 1,500 ecstasy tablets and nearly 30 grams of crystal methamphetamine in her possession on Sunday (07/02).The woman
Hillary ClintonThursday night's Democratic presidential debate included one brief exchange that showed some overlap but also a sharp philosophical difference between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on a persistently fractious issue: the death penalty.The exchange came in response to a question07
Feb
2016
Florida death chamber[T]here are dozens of condemned inmates whose sentences could be reduced to life without parole or who could get new sentencing hearings in the first wave of legal challenges to a Florida death penalty sentencing system struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.The high court07
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Allen FosterIn George Orwell’s novel “1984,” the luckless Winston Smith labors in a Ministry of Truth office where he “re-creates” the past by removing or changing historical documents to reflect Big Brother’s political demands.Winston doesn’t know whether he’s changing a fact or a fallacy another06
Feb
2016
Justice Minister Michael Keenan would have to personally sign off on the Australian Federal Police assisting an Indonesian police investigation into a woman who could face the death penalty.In a case that has gripped Indonesia, 27-year-old woman Jessica Kumala Wongso, who studied in Australia, has10
Feb
2016
Philippe Marcel Guy Graffart (center)A Belgian man accused of killing his 5-year-old son in their D'Leedon condominium home in October last year will be remanded in Changi Prison for another 6 weeks, pending the completion of a forensic investigation report.Philippe Marcel Guy Graffart appeared in10
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2016
Reveal the cover names of undercover agents and the groups spied upon.Women affected by undercover relationships are among those calling on the Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing to release the cover names of officers.A letter was sent earlier this week to Lord Pitchford, who is
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says Ghor is among the provinces with the highest number of so-called Taliban "desert courts."Afghan officials say a woman has been executed after being accused of adultery in a remote Taliban-controlled village in the western province of09
Feb
2016
We need to ensure that the many ‘taboo’ subjects are discussed more easily.You have to be impressed by the way the media can distract the public from something important.Now the furore has died down, we would like to draw your attention to the UK’s Chief Medical Officer’s report, ‘The Health
James E. Holmes (L) was sentenced to serve life in prison + 3318 years forthe Aurora mass shooting. "Not enough," some Colorado lawmakers say.Lawmakers are considering legislation that
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The number of reports has risen from 33 in 2009 to 184 in 2014.Figures released recently show there has been a six-fold increase in reports of online-dating related rape offences over a 5-year period, according to analysts.The National Crime Agency’s Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS)08
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2016
The Apothecary ShoppeMissouri paid a family-run pharmacy in Oklahoma more than $30,000 in cash for execution drugs. Federal law requires recipients of large amounts of cash alert a federal financial crimes unit - but the pharmacy isn't saying whether it did.Over the past 2 1/2 years, the state of
Holding cell, Arizona Death HouseA man who once scored 62 on an intelligence test - where an IQ of 65 or below qualifies as mental retardation - cannot be executed for a 1980 rape and murder, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, converting the sentence to
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Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a blackwoman. The caption states: "The result! A loss of racial pride."Germany, prewar. —
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The Tianjin First Central Hospital. (Hospital files)Tens of thousands may have been killed so the Tianjin First Central Hospital in China could transplant organs for profitBy 2006, from his base at the Tianjin First Central Hospital, Dr. Shen Zhongyang had performed over 1,600 liver06
Feb
2016
Justice Minister Michael Keenan would have to personally sign off on the Australian Federal Police assisting an Indonesian police investigation into a woman who could face the death penalty.In a case that has gripped Indonesia, 27-year-old woman Jessica Kumala Wongso, who studied in Australia, has