CHRISTIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ALLEGEDLY THROWN OVERBOARD AFTER DISPUTE WITH MUSLIMS, SAY ITALIAN POLICE
17th April, 2015 Muslim asylum seekers attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy allegedly threw 12 fellow passengers overboard because they were Christians, Italian police have told media outlets. Italian police said on 16th April they have arrested 15 people from the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mali on suspicion of murdering the […]
PRISON OVERCROWDING AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS IN MANY COUNTRIES, UN CONFERENCE HEARS
17th April, 2015 Prison overcrowding has reached epidemic proportions in many countries around the world, according to a senior UN official, amid reports the occupancy rate of some prisons has reached almost 400 per cent. Speaking at a side event to the UN Crime Congress taking place in Doha this week, Piera Barzano, senior regional […]