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This Christmas 120 women – mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunties, friends – will be missing from dinner tables around the UK. During 2013 they have been killed by their violent partner or ex-partner. Their names will be read out in an act of remembrance at a vigil being held in the West Midlands. The candlelit... This Christmas 120 women – mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunties, friends – will be missing from dinner tables around the UK. During 2013 they have been killed by their violent partner or ex-partner. Their names will be read out in an act of remembrance at a vigil being held in the West Midlands. The candlelit commemoration, at 4.30pm in the Market Square in25
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November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Trigger warning. By Karen Ingala Smith Monday 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I’ll be highlighting the UK’s shocking record of women24
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"The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ... "The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJLeggi
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Damien Echols After 18 years in death row, with much of that time spent in solitary confinement, locked down 23 hours a day at the Varner Unit Supermax, Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 now walks free - but he is not exonerated. Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie
TACOMA, Wash. — The man who raped and murdered a 65-year-old Tacoma woman in 1997 now has his execution date set. But prosecutors warn that while execution is scheduled for Dec.17, Cecil Davis will likely stay alive for years as the case moves through appeals. The prosecutorAmy Fallon – IPS – Friday, 22 November 2013 (originally published 19 Nov) KAMPALA
, Nov 19 2013 (IPS) – Ever since giving birth to a stillborn baby 15 years ago, Mary*, a peasant farmer from Mubende District in central Uganda, has continuously leaked urine. In Uganda, two
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Nothing at all to do with race? If you are a human who has access to an internet connection – which seems likely given that you are currently reading this – then last week you probably noticed several things: people still like cats, Jennifer Lawrence has had a haircut, and Lily22
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Chinese death row inmate being ledinto a lethal injection van BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Friday executed a man who killed an infant he found in a car he had stolen, domestic media said, a murder that stirred widespread public outrage. Zhou Xijun stole a sports utility21
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WNN Breaking (WNN) Denver, Colorado, UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: Three women have been rescued from 30+ years of domestic slavery in London as their two 67-year-old captors have been arrested by Scotland Yard in what police say is a groundbreaking case of alleged human trafficking. The carefully
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Jonathan House – Wall Street Journal - Thursday, 21 November 2013 (originally published 20 Nov) Women have recovered all the jobs they lost during the recession. Men have not. A record 67.5 million women are working today, up from the prior peak of 67.4 million in early 2008
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On 11 November, international media reported the execution of 80 people in North Korea. The UN commission of inquiry on the human rights situation in North Korea was in Seoul a few days later to meet with some witnesses. In an open letter to the North Korean Permanent Representative to the UN in
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A chance for young women to say what they need and want. The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) held an event on 7 November aimed at encouraging young women to make their voices heard in the European Union (EU) and in the process revealed what young women want. Hosted as24
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"The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ... "The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJLeggi
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Iran Human Rights, November 23: Six prisoners among them two women were hanged in the prison of Yazd (Central Iran), reported the official site of the Iranian Judiciary in Yazd today. According to the report the executions were carried out early Thursday morning, 21. November. The23
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Sabrina Butler remembers July 2, 1990, as she waited in a Mississippi prison to be taken to the death chamber. Charged in the murder of her infant son, Butler had been sentenced earlier that year to die by lethal injection. Butler, the 59th person to be exonerated of a crime for23
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BAGHDAD - Iraq has confirmed seven more executions, pushing the number of people put to death this year to more than 150 in defiance of widespread international condemnation. Those executed, who included a Libyan, had all been convicted of offences related to "terrorism", a statement22
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Focussing on state violence, domestic violence and small arms, and violence during and after conflict. The theme for this year’s 16 Days Campaign of activism against gender violence, which runs from from 25 November-10 December, is ‘From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World22
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An exhibition of paintings by artist and film-maker Yvette Vanson. Yvette Vanson first picked up a paintbrush in 2004, attending Putney School of Art & Design. She now paints full time and is motivated by a strong political commitment to tackling injustice, by exploring and
New Delhi: A 23-year-old youth has been sentenced to death penalty for raping and murdering his minor neighbour after inflicting head injuries by a Delhi court which said he was a "menace" to the society and "does not deserve to be kept alive". Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat21
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‘Our grandchildren and their grandchildren will look back at today’ and judge our commitment to them. Christiana Figueres is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The World Coal Association hosted the ‘International
A 9-by-9 cell was Curtis McCarty's home for more than 2 decades. The underground cell on death row in Oklahoma meant he didn't see the sun or the moon for 16 years. He was allowed little or no human contact. Sentenced to death row for the 1982 murder of Pam Willis in Oklahoma City21
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November 20, 2013: A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria, has sentenced a 24-year-old secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to death by hanging for stealing mobile phones and recharge cards. Akatugba was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery in21
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The traditional family model does not guarantee Britons a route out of poverty. The ‘traditional’ (read: patriarchal) family model of the breadwinning father and stay-at-home mother is leaving children in poverty, according to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)24
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"The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ... "The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJLeggi
James Holmes The judge in the Colorado theater shootings case on Thursday indefinitely postponed the trial of James Holmes so attorneys can argue whether he should undergo another psychiatric evaluation. Holmes' trial had been set to begin in February. Holmes pleaded not
In Dubai, a federal law stipulates that male sodomy is punishable with the death penalty. You can tell homophobia has gotten out of control when even handshakes between men are scrutinized for being “gay.” In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one man stands trial after being22
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Lys Anzia – WNN Breaking commentary (WNN) Denver, Colorado, UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: As the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination is remembered inside the United States today, the deeper story of one of survivor of the crisis goes relatively unreported. The experience of horror for the
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Leading women in the transport sector discuss women and transport. A ‘Women and Transport’ session put on by the Parliamentary Outreach team earlier this week featured four women speakers who either work in the transport industry or have ties to it. It was attended by
The Papua New Guinea Government says the people should be ready for the government to begin executing death row prisoners. Papua New Guinea's Attorney-General says the country needs to prepare for the government to begin carrying out the death penalty. PNG's parliament passed22
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The idea is that this report will be a stimulus to further discussion and debate. The Commission on Older Women, chaired by Labour’s Deputy Leader Harriet Harman MP QC and senior Labour figures including Yvette Cooper, Shadow Minister for Equalities, alongside a wide range of senior21
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Higher education unions call for second strike day. The University and College Union (UCU), Unite, Unison and the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have called for a second day of strike action on 3 December 2013. On 3 December members of staff and students at universities throughout the21
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Execution in China China's highest court has issued a directive aimed at stopping the widespread practice of extracting confessions through torture. The Supreme People's Court said Wednesday in a microblog post that "freezing, hunger, drying, scorching, fatigue and other21
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The ACLU of Colorado estimates the cost of a death penalty trial to be $3.5 million dollars as opposed to a trial seeking life without parole, which costs around $150,000. The difference, according to the ACLU, is enough to pay over 70 firefighters or teachers for a year, or to provide20
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Aisha Habli for CGN – WNN Improve It (WNN/CGN) Beirut, LEBANON, WESTERN ASIA: The glow of the Arab Spring wore off in the media a while ago. Violence, internal division and widespread frustration have replaced the hopeful scenes of youth standing up to demand change. But have youth really