Vatican Swiss Guard’s new barracks designed to include women, newspaper says
Vienna, AustriaReuters The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss Guard, the elite and colourfully dressed corps that protects the pope, will be designed to accommodate female guards even though they are not yet allowed, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. Nearly all of the guard are single men who live in a communal barracks just […]
Sri Lankan detainees tortured while in custody, rights group alleges
New Delhi, India/Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Political detainees in Sri Lanka are being tortured while in police and military custody, a human rights lawyer who wrote a report on alleged abuses said, ahead of a UN human rights summit. The International Truth and Justice Project, a rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka, gave details […]