Last night at the @HouseofCommons JENGbA launched #Abolish Child Life Sentences to a packed room. Hosted by @KimJohnsonMP with great speakers. The blanket on the wall was a sombre reminder how children DIE in diabolical circumstances in #prison@Channel4News@BBCNews
HMP Wakefield | Prison inspectors say "insufficient progress" has been made to address violence and inmate safety at a high-security jail in the wake of two high profile deaths: https://t.co/yuQVqsulfd
When filming in Cuba Irish actor Maureen O Hara often met with Fidel Castro (pictured) and Che Guevara, and was particularly struck by Che's knowledge of Ireland.
"When we arrived in Havana on April 15, 1959 (filming 'Our Man in Havana'), Cuba was a country experiencing revolutionary change. How could I not meet Che?
Che Guevara was often at the Capri Hotel. I would see him at the restaurant and he'd come to my table to say hello.
Che would talk about Ireland and all the guerilla warfare that had taken place there.
He knew every battle in Ireland and all of its history. Che knew more about Ireland than John Ford did.
I couldn't believe it and finally asked, 'Che, you know so much about Ireland and talk constantly about it. How do you know so much?'
He said, 'Well, my grandmother's name was Lynch and I learned everything I know about Ireland at her knee.'
He was Che Guevara Lynch! That famous cap he wore was an Irish rebel's cap (black beret).
I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana.
I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.
Today he is a symbol for freedom fighters wherever they are in the world and I think he is a good one."
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“In Wales, all new profit-making in this sector was stopped in April, and the practice is being phased out altogether. But in England, the government seeks only to tweak this immoral and dysfunctional system.”
Profits are being put before children’s lives in England.
Add your name our petition to demand an end to profiteering from children’s social care: https://t.co/dZ7b0g2uhG
I just heard the @BBC radio say that the Israeli army was attacking Hezbollah targets yesterday & they also platformed someone bloviating about how Iran is ‘occupying’ Lebanon.
As a frontline journalist on the ground for the last 18 months, I would like to reiterate that I have not see any Iranian occupation bases in Lebanon. I have not seen any children killed here by Iranian bombs. I haven’t seen the IRGC massacring entire families on a daily basis. The IRGC has not shot at me or killed dozens of my colleagues in targeted attacks. Iran has not been systematically murdering healthcare workers (over 130) in Lebanon.
Israel has violently invaded and occupied Lebanon. The flag flying over the base in Al Khiam is an Israeli flag, not an Iranian flag. (Photo below)
The Lebanese Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 3,613 civilians have been killed and 11,072 have been wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2nd.
“The problem is not Netanyahu.”
“The problem is the whole of Israeli society.”
“About 70–75% of Israelis say there are no innocents in Gaza.”
“No innocents — in a land of children.”
“Israel kills children as a hobby.
“As a hobby.”
—Professor Norman Finkelstein
Posso farvi una richiesta? Per favore, non smettete di parlare della Palestina. Lasciate un punto per influenzare l'algoritmo. 💔🇵🇸 Mi seguireste per sostenere?
Gaza is taking its last breaths, and the situation we have reached is extremely dangerous.
Temperatures are rising to suffocating levels, and the tents where hundreds of thousands live have turned into ovens made of fabric and plastic. There is no electricity, no air conditioning, no fans, no cold water. People try to sleep, but heat, hunger, and fear make sleep seem like an impossible dream.
Clean water is scarce, cleaning supplies are almost nonexistent, and essential medicines are unavailable. Skin diseases are spreading in a terrifying way among children and adults, while garbage piles up and sewage mixes with displacement areas, spreading even more suffering.
Long lines form for food, yet many return empty handed. Aid is decreasing, and most relief centers have stopped or are no longer able to meet even the minimum needs.
At night, rats, insects, snakes, and scorpions crawl into the tents, while during the day people face unbearable heat and endless hunger. There is no safety, no privacy, and nowhere to go. Meanwhile, killings and destruction continue daily, while Gaza’s space shrinks day by day, forcing people into smaller and more overcrowded areas.
This is not life. This is not displacement. This is a complete collapse of everything that allows human beings to live with dignity.
What more is the world waiting for? How many children must go hungry? How many patients must die before the world acts? Do not stay silent. Speak about Gaza. Share what is happening.
The Warehouse Keys That Keeps Getting Lost: Why So Many Magistrates’ Court Cases Collapse on Disclosure
A suspect is interviewed under caution. They give their account - sometimes pointing police towards evidence that could support their innocence or undermine the case against them.
The Officer in the Case (OIC) then compiles the MG6C - the schedule of unused material. Think of it as a warehouse inventory of everything the prosecution won’t be using at trial. By law, anything which might reasonably undermine the prosecution case or assist the defence must be disclosed.
At the plea hearing, the defendant enters a not guilty plea. The court orders the Crown to serve all its evidence and the unused schedule within 28 days.
In reality, that deadline is often treated as optional.
The schedule frequently arrives late - sometimes on the morning of trial - and quite often, not at all.
If the defence wants to inspect items from the warehouse, they serve a defence statement requesting them. The Crown must respond. If they refuse, the defence can make a section 8 CPIA application to the court.
But here’s what happens far too often: the case reaches trial day with the schedule still missing. The Crown applies for an adjournment. The defence oppose it, citing the missed deadlines and chasing correspondence. If the court refuses, the prosecution has no choice but to offer no evidence.
Case dismissed. Defendant walks free. The taxpayer pays for another collapsed trial. The complainant, sitting in witness care, is left wondering why their case simply vanished.
This isn’t a rare disaster - it happens across every Magistrates’ Court in England and Wales, week in, week out. Thousands of trials go down the drain every year due to disclosure failings.
The Attorney General’s Guidelines say disclosure should be completed “in a thinking manner… and not simply as a schedule completing exercise.” In practice, it has become exactly that - a tick-box exercise that is not actioned in time, or at all.
This may not be a single scandal on the scale of the Post Office, but the sheer volume of these failures, day in and day out, makes it one of the most significant ongoing problems in our criminal justice system.
The chances of suffering a violent death are 10 times higher in prison than in the community, an analysis of Government data shows. Cases of prison homicide, where one inmate kills another, whether it is found to be murder or manslaughter, have risen sharply in the past 2 years.
"Estamos atacando la Franja de Gaza desde todos los frentes, hemos ocupado el 60% del territorio de Gaza y pronto alcanzaremos el 70%. En Líbano, hemos capturado el castillo de Beaufort y estamos destruyendo todas las aldeas libanesas fronterizas".
El Fuhrer sionista, Netanyahu, se dirigió hoy a las masas sanguinarias psicopáticas de "Israel" a presumir de que están ocupando el 60% de Gaza, mientras la bombardean desde todos los frentes, y de que están arrasando todas las casas de las familias del sur del Líbano.
Todo esto bajo un supuesto "cese al fuego", hasta los nazis en la WW2 intentaron esconder los cuerpos y sus crímenes en los campos de concentración... estos genocidas sionistas hacen ruedas de prensa exponiendo sus crímenes de guerra como trofeos.
Tony Blair is never asked about the benefits he receives from the taxpayers which is far greater than any benefit the people receive. £115,000 a year and that's not his pension, bodyguards at £250,000 + expenses with a personal wealth of between £45-48 Million and he advocates impoverishment for millions of us.
oppose the unjust “terrorist link” sentencing that Judge Johnson is reportedly planning to use against the Filton 4. The 4 were recently found guilty of Criminal Damage only, after dismantling weapons of Genocide in an Israeli weapons factory.They are not Terrorists. Join us
🇮🇪 Ireland must not play Israel as Palestinian people endure Israeli genocide, occupation and apartheid. On Tuesday, Sinn Féin bring a motion before the Dáil to support calls to #StopTheGame.
Ireland must take a stand. The FAI must take a stand. Government must take a stand.
#StopTheGame #FreePalestine
You are a shameless liar: Polanski is calling for a list of British citizens who have fought in a probable genocide & possibly committed war crimes & other atrocities to be compiled. This is what any civilised lawful country should do
🚨🇵🇸 Kuzey Gaza'daki gazeteciler dünyaya doğrudan hitap ediyor: "İsrail'in Palestinlileri ölüme asma yasası Nazilerden daha kötü."
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