PA: Europe
Friday, 27 November 2015 18:23
MEPs strongly criticise Bahrain's human rights record
Following the release of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report assessing the human rights situation in Bahrain, MEPs are calling for an urgent rethink of relations between the EU and the Gulf states. Ten detainees interviewed…
Friday, 20 November 2015 22:17
INSIGHTS into the various faces of IS
The organisation called Anonymous has ‘declared war’ on IS in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. They are leaking on to the internet the personal information of suspected extremists and have taken down thousands of…
Friday, 20 November 2015 22:17
France: Church, arise - and pray
Pope Francis condemned the Paris attacks. President Francois Hollande called them an ‘act of war’. We can join our brothers and sisters in France and pray for God's great mercy and compassion to be poured out…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:36
Vatican properties allegedly used as saunas and massage parlours
It is alleged that properties in Rome owned by the Vatican are being run as saunas and massage parlours, sometimes used by Catholic priests, according to leaks in the Italian press. The reports also allege that…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:35
Spain: Catalonian parliament backs split from Spain
Catalonia’s regional assembly voted on Monday in favour of a resolution to split from Spain, energising a drive towards independence and deepening a standoff with central government in Madrid. The declaration, which pro-independence parties in the…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:34
Russia: athletics scandal
The World Anti-Doping Agency said the London 2012 Olympics were ‘sabotaged’ by inaction by the world athletics governing body and the Russian federation who turned a blind eye towards Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles. The…