NOVANEWS With focus on rehabilitation and more reasonable sentencing, nation shutters four state-run jails – Jon Queally Prison numbers in Sweden, which have been falling by around 1% a year since 2004, dropped by 6% […]
NOVANEWS The killings have become a flashpoint of anger over U.S. atrocities and immunity from Afghan law – Sarah Lazare Afghanistan’s intelligence service says it is unable to continue an investigation into the murder of […]
NOVANEWS September 23rd 2010 was a black day for justice and human rights as Aafia Siddiqui was shockingly sentenced to 86 years in prison, following a trial deemed by critics “a grave miscarriage of justice”. […]
NOVANEWS Neil Clark AFP Photo / Wojtek Radwanski For a long time elite establishment gatekeepers in the West have scoffed at that those who claim Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned. As to those who […]
NOVANEWS AFP Photo / Noan Seelam The director of India’s top investigation agency faces fierce criticism over his controversial comment, “if you can’t prevent rape, you enjoy it”. Rights campaigners demanded the resignation of the […]
NOVANEWS By Henry Meyer & Mariam Fam Russia is negotiating its biggest weapons deals with Egypt since the Cold War as it seeks to capitalize on U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cut defense aid to the military-backed government. […]
NOVANEWS US President Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Saul Loeb) US President Barack Obama’s popularity has hit an all-time low, with a majority of Americans now saying he is dishonest, untrustworthy and not competent to […]
NOVANEWS Whence this shocked preciousness about Washington’s wiretaps? Spying goes back millennia, as perusal of the Bible itself shows. By Elon Gilad for Haaretz One of the more surprising aspects of the Snowden affair, in […]
NOVANEWS Protest Friday 15 November, 4-7pm Say NO to Chogm British government supports war criminal regime in Sri Lanka An important warning shot was fired on Wednesday 9 October. On the day the world heard about […]
NOVANEWS Tamils living in Britain have reacted angrily to David Cameron’s vague promise to call for an ‘independent’ review of war crimes in Sri Lanka. The prime minister’s statement yesterday is seen as a cynical […]