France critiqued by the UN for Human Rights Violations Related to the Headscarf and Prisons
Last week the United Nations critiqued the French law banning the wearing of religious signs in schools as well as the overpopulation of prisons in France.
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More Muslims in the World than Catholics
According to the Vatican, Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the single biggest religious denomination in the world. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican`s 2008 statistics, claims that Muslims make up 19.2 percent of the world population and Catholics 17.4 percent. Referring to 2006, Formenti told Vatican newspaper L`Osservatore Romano, “For the first time…
What to do with the Western Sahara?
The questions yet to be effectively answered by the United Nations and the governments of Spain and Morocco – what to do with the Western Sahara? To whom does this problem concern, encrusted in the Spanish Foreign Affairs? Will there be any political space to discuss it in the Spanish Congress? Will the UN ever…
From Baghdad to Britain
They come to Britain fearing for their lives back home, hoping for a new beginning. But for thousands of Iraqi asylum seekers there is no welcome and instead they face misery and destitution before they are deported. Hannah Godfrey hears their stories Hraz is 22, but looks much older. He worked for the Americans in…
Iraqis Make Up Largest Group of Asylum-Seekers to EU
According to a report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a five-year downward trend in the overall number of people seeking asylum in industrialized countries experienced a reversal last year. Nearly half of asylum seekers from around the world found home in the European Union last year, with the majority of them…