Daily Archives: 12 July 2024

Amnesty launches tells new Labour government ‘a lot needs fixing’

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/amnesty-launches-ads-tell-government-lot-needs-fixing. Many articles from the Morning Star today.

One of Amnesty International’s adverts in the London Underground, July 11, 2024

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL launched an ad campaign featuring yellow and black hazard tape on the London Underground today, telling the government that “a lot needs fixing.”

The posters, set to run until the end of the month at Westminster station, also say that “human rights are the answer.”

A to-do list has been made by the group for the first 100 days of the new Labour government, which includes an immediate suspension of arms to Israel, addressing homelessness and the housing crisis, and a major overhaul of the asylum system.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/amnesty-launches-ads-tell-government-lot-needs-fixing. Many articles from the Morning Star today.

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Welsh First Minister accused of lying

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welsh-first-minister-accused-of-lying. Many articles from the Morning Star today.

First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething gives a speech during King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit to the Senedd in Cardiff, to mark its 25th anniversary, July 11, 2024

News outlet Nation.Cymru says Vaughan Gething is ‘unequivocally’ lying about Hannah Blythyn being its source

NEWS outlet Nation.Cymru said today that Hannah Blythyn was not the source of its deleted texts story that led to her sacking from the Welsh government — and accused First Minister Vaughan Gething of lying.

Nation.Cymru’s chief executive Mark Mansfield said Mr Gething had failed to behave with integrity by suggesting he had “incontrovertible evidence” that the former social partnership minister was the source of their story.

He said that following his response on Wednesday to her personal statement to the Senedd, “in this unprecedented situation, the board of Nation.Cymru does not consider we can stand by and see Ms Blythyn’s reputation unjustly besmirched by the First Minister.”

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“We can state unequivocally that Mr Gething is not telling the truth when he suggests that he has incontrovertible evidence that Ms Blythyn was our source,” Mr Mansfield said.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welsh-first-minister-accused-of-lying. Many articles from the Morning Star today.

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Just Stop Oil activists found guilty over M25 disruption plans

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UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention Michel Forst attended the trial of five Just Stop Oil supporters at Southwark Crown Court. He attended as an observer because of his serious concerns.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-activists-found-guilty-over-m25-disruption-plans Many articles from the Morning Star today

JUST STOP OIL (JSO) supporters convicted of causing public nuisance by planning to disrupt the M25 to demand an end to new oil and gas licencing have been found guilty.

JSO co-founder Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Louise Lancaster and Cressida Gethin have been remanded until their sentencing hearing next Thursday and face lengthy prison sentences, despite the United Nations’ condemnation of the trial.

The jury entered guilty verdicts against all defendants yesterday, ruling that the climate crisis was “irrelevant” to the trial.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-activists-found-guilty-over-m25-disruption-plans Many articles from the Morning Star today

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