The new chancellor has been employing Mark Fullbrook for three years – and intends to secure the top job.
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11/07/2022
European Court Slams Greece Over Deadly Migrant Pushback
8 July 2022 (Human Rights Watch)* — The European Court of Human Rights issued a historic ruling on July 7 concerning Greece’s illegal and life-threatening practice of pushing boats of asylum seekers back to Turkey.
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11/07/2022
Thousands of Children Endure ‘Horrific Conditions’ in Conflict Zones
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday [11 July 2022], details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021.
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The dangers outlined in the report range from conflict escalation, military coups, and takeovers, protracted and new conflicts, as well as violations of international law.
Cross-border conflict and intercommunal violence also impacted the protection of children, especially in the Lake Chad Basin and Central Sahel regions.
The report highlights almost 24,000 verified grave violations against children, an average of some 65 violations every day.
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11/07/2022
India and China Continue to Lead –as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion
Human Wrongs Watch
– India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over a billion people each.
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But as the world’s population reaches the 8.0 billion mark, come November, India is projected to surpass China. The current numbers stand at 1.44 billion people in China and 1.39 billion in India. But the numbers are expected to change as India races ahead of China.
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