Public service whistleblowers ‘treated shockingly’, report find...
Whistleblowers who risk their careers to uncover wrongdoing within public services are being victimised by managers who nearly always escape sanction, a public accounts committee report will say on Friday. MPs were told that only one senior manager who has victimised a whistleblower has ever faced... read more »
Meriam Ibrahim arrives in US
A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence arrived on Thursday in the United States, where she was welcomed first by the mayor of Philadelphia as a “world freedom fighter” and later by cheering supporters waving US flags in New Hampshire. Meriam... read more »
Heavy Gaza fighting ahead of proposed 3-day truce
Palestinian officials say 17 Palestinians, including 10 members of one family, were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of a planned three-day ceasefire in the Gaza war. The ceasefire was to take effect at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Friday, under a deal brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and... read more »
Australia gets approval to send armed officers to MH17 recovery team
AUSTRALIA has won approval to send elite armed officers to protect investigative teams in their efforts to scour the Malaysia Airlines crash site for human remains after the recalled Ukrainian parliament passed special legislation. Announcing that cadaver sniffer dogs had also been permitted to... read more »
