Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to demand Jagtar Singh Johal’s release 01. October 2025 (17:47) Sisters of Alaa Abd el-Fattah among those calling on PM to press Narendra Modi over Scottish activist’s imprisonmentThe sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week.Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government shutdown: now what? – podcast 01. October 2025 (17:46) After weeks of threats from both sides and negotiations that went nowhere, the US is once again experiencing a government shutdown. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Marianna Sotomayor, a congressional reporter at the Washington Post, to look at who should take the blame, who suffers, and who will blink firstArchive: CBS News, ABC News, PBS Newshour, Truth Social, Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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