International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed on the 26th June each year. This date is also when the United Nations Convention Against Torture came into force (in 1987) and on the 26th June 1954 the United Nations Charter was signed: the first international charter that bound its member states to [...]
What About The Rights Of Those Who Have Been Abused?
Today I wished I had not picked up a newspaper or turned on the news! I sat there is sheer disbelief that the Supreme Court has said that sex offenders should be given the right to be removed from the sex offenders register after 15 years, if they can prove that they have been reformed. [...]
African Union Summit – update
continues in Kampala Uganda whilst several meetings have gone on since 19th July 2010 the Heads of State part of the summit got under way today 25th July 2010. On scanning the news the summit has thrown up two surprises so far the resurfacing of Gordon Brown (GB) who had not been seen in public [...]
Insights into Islam part 2
What does Islam say about War? Islam permits fighting in self-defence, in defence of one’s faith, or on the part of those whose basic rights have been violated. It lays down strict rules of combat that include prohibitions against harming civilians and against destroying crops, trees and livestock. Terrorism; indiscriminate killing through means like suicide [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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