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Peace campaigner Brian Haw dies

originally by: BBC News
19th June 2011

Peace campaigner Brian Haw has died after “a long hard fight” against lung cancer, his family has announced. Mr Haw, 62, set up a camp in London’s Parliament Square in 2001 in protest against UK and US foreign policy. In March 2011, a High Court ruling obtained by London’s mayor forced him to move his camp on to the pavement.

In a statement posted on Mr Haw’s website, his family said he had died on 18 June in Germany, where he had been receiving medical treatment. They said Mr Haw, from Redditch, Worcestershire, passed away in his sleep in no pain.

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Jamaica: Cops should have non-lethal weapons

originally by: Jamaica Gleaner
13th June 2011

About 40 years ago, a very influential mover and shaker of a political party felt that importing illegal firearms to go to war with the opposing side was justified. Then, as now, the acquisition and retention of power was supreme. Individuals, lives, families, communities and all eligible Jamaicans were depersonalised and simply reduced to ‘voters’ and ‘constituents’ (objects to be manipulated and tallied at election time).

The opposing side subsequently felt that importing illegal firearms to ‘defend’ itself was justified. The resultant armed conflicts snuffed out many lives on both sides.

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World holds concerns over child deaths in custody in Syria

originally by: The Australian
2nd June 2011

An 11-year-old girl was among the victims of an assault by Syrian troops, activists said yesterday, bringing the official number of children killed in the uprising to more than 30. The girl, who has not been named, died when Government forces fired bullets and shells in the towns of Rastan and Hirak on Tuesday, leaving at least 33 dead.

Details of her death came days after it emerged that Hamza al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old boy, reportedly died in police custody.

His battered and mutilated body was returned to his family at the end of last month, four weeks after he went missing after attending a protest in the southern town of Saida.