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• Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights

  28-08-2023 19:03
  
  Home secretary called the court ‘politicised’ and refused to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekersSuella Braverman has reiterated her wish to leave what she called the “politicised” European court of human rights (ECHR) and refused to rule out the mass tagging of asylum seekers, a move one refugee charity said would treat people as “mere objects”.Marking a return to the political fray following a summer recess in which a series of Home Office policy hiccups
  
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• Suella Braverman says ‘we will do whatever it takes’ if Strasbourg thwarts Rwanda plan

  28-08-2023 11:25
  
  Home secretary confirms government considering fitting some migrants with electronic tagsSuella Braverman has said the government will “do whatever it takes” if its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is “thwarted in Strasbourg”, and confirmed that the government was considering fitting some migrants with electronic tags.In an interview for the BBC the home secretary stepped up her attack on the European court of human rights (ECHR), calling it politicised and intervent
  
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• ‘A death I don’t want’: one woman’s lost battle with UK’s assisted death laws

  28-08-2023 09:00
  
  Rosemary Walker would like to die at home surrounded by her friends and family, but will have to travel to Switzerland insteadRosemary Walker can see the comforting silhouette of Noon Sun Hill from the bedroom window of her cottage on the edge of the Pennines. This is where the 71-year-old wants to die in the next few months, looking out on the landscape she has enjoyed for most of her life.She could be surrounded by friends and loved ones, with a garden she planted in recent months spread out b
  
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• How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? | Zofeen T Ebrahim

  28-08-2023 08:00
  
  Graphic videos of the last hours of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro have highlighted once again the abuse faced by child workersThe death of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro would have passed sadly but quietly had it not been for the two graphic videos that turned up on social media. The little girl’s body was this week exhumed for a postmortem examination, days after the videos mysteriously appeared online.One appeared to show signs of torture on Fatima’s body, while the other showed her writhin
  
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• One in eight posts for police officers specialising in rape in England and Wales unfilled

  28-08-2023 07:00
  
  Exclusive: Figures obtained by Guardian come amid concern over Rasso prosecution and conviction ratesOne in eight posts for police officers in England and Wales specialising in rape and serious sexual offences (Rasso) remain unfilled, figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.The gaps in staffing come amid continuing concern over Rasso prosecution and conviction rates. There were 70,633 rapes recorded by police in the year to September last year but only 459 convictions in the 2022 calendar year.
  
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• One in eight police posts for rape case specialists in England and Wales unfilled

  28-08-2023 07:00
  
  Exclusive: Figures obtained by Guardian come amid concern over prosecution and conviction ratesOne in eight posts for police officers in England and Wales specialising in rape and serious sexual offences (Rasso) remain unfilled, figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.The gaps in staffing come amid continuing concern over Rasso prosecution and conviction rates. There were 70,633 rapes recorded by police in the year to September last year but only 459 convictions in the 2022 calendar year. Conti
  
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