Category: United Kingdom

UK Government tackles abuse of children accused of witchcraft

Child killers Erirc Bikubi and Magalie Bamu The UK government has announced plans to tackle the “wall of silence” around the abuse and neglect of children accused of witchcraft, following the brutal murder of Kristy Bamu.

In London there have been 81 recorded cases of children being abused as part of religious practice over the past 10 years but police and church groups are convinced it is under-reported.

Guantanamo UK

We damn the Americans for Guantanamo, yet we are doing exactly the same thing in south-east London Margaret Drabble spoke for much of the intelligentsia when she told the Daily Telegraph: ‘My anti-Americanism has become almost uncontrollable. It has possessed me like a disease.’ So severe was the infection she was unable to look at anything American without retching. ‘I can’t keep it down any longer. I detest Disneyfication, I detest Coca-Cola, I detest burgers, I detest sentimental and violent Hollywood movies that tell lies about history. I detest American imperialism, American infantilism, and American triumphalism about victories it didn’t

Angry Blunkett threatens to resign from Amnesty

David Blunkett threatened to resign from Amnesty International yesterday after it accused ministers of creating a Guantanamo Bay on British soil by holding foreign terror suspects without trial. Amnesty International Report United Kingdom: Justice perverted under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 The publishers of Religion News Blog are members of Amnesty International. They believe that Christians should – motivated by mercy and compassion – address human rights issues (see Matthew 25:31-46 Someone who supports Amnesty International only when it deals with abuses elsewhere, and gets angry when it addresses human rights violations at home, is at best a

Revealed: shocking truth of Britain’s ‘Camp Delta’

Martin Bright, home affairs editor Disturbing new details have emerged about the treatment of 14 foreign terrorist suspects held without trial in British high-security jails. At least half of them are showing signs of serious mental illness. Their lawyers say they have been pushed ‘beyond the limits of human endurance’. One detainee is a polio victim, another has lost two limbs and a third has attempted suicide. Amnesty International Report United Kingdom: Justice perverted under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 The publishers of Religion News Blog are members of Amnesty International. They believe that Christians should – motivated