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Ministers must ban smacking now, the childrens commissioner for England has said, in her strongest intervention yet on child safety.Rachel de Souza said that banning smacking was a necessary step to keep children safe, an
stanley becher d that bans in Scotland and Wales had taught us we need to take that step in England too , adding now is the time to go further .How many more c
stanley cups uk hildren like Sara Sharif will be killed before聽smacking is banned | Catherine BennettRead moreThe commissioner made her comments to the Observer after the start last week of the trial of three relatives for the murder of Sara Sharif, the 10-year-old who died after allegedly suffering two years of abuse by her father, stepmother and uncle.The Scottish parl
stanley cup iament made it illegal to use corporal punishment against children in November 2020, and the Senedd introduced a similar ban, giving children equal protection to adults, in March 2022.Yet in England and Northern Ireland parents remain able to smack their children so long as it is considered a reasonable punishment. The Childrens Act of 2004 allowed parents to claim a defence of reasonable chastisement if prosecuted.Last week, William Emlyn Jones KC, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey that Urfan Sharif had made a call from Pakistan to Surrey police saying he had legally punished his daughter. The trial continues this week.De Souza said that more needed to be done to keep every child safe from harm . That includes violence by adults, including parents, towards c Vwmh In Buckingham Palace and outside it, we know what it means when people ask where are you from
A well-known Rwandan composer accused of using his music to spread ethnic hatred before and during the 1994 genocide appears in court today in a case that could test the limits of war crime culpability.Prosecutors say Simon Bikindi, 52, who founded the popular Irindiro Ballet dance group, wrote songs that encouraged his fellow Hutus to kill Tutsis and moderate members of his own tribe. He has been charged with five counts of genocide and crimes
stanley water bottle against humanity, and is the first entertainer to appear before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.Lawyers for Mr Bikindi say he is innocent and that the charges violate his right to freedom of expression.While working as a senior official in the Ministry of Youth and Sports during the 1980s, Mr Bikindi rose to nati
stanley cup onal fame as his group thrilled audiences with their brand of traditional singing and dancing.But prosecutors claim that between 1990 and 1994 his work took a sinister turn. They say Mr Bikindi played an integral part in a media campaign designed to foster hatred of the Tutsi minority.The indictment alleges that Mr Bikindi consulted with President Juvenal Habyarimana over song lyrics before passing the compositions on to Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines RTLM , a pri
stanley cupe vately owned station set up specifically to broadcast anti-Tutsi propaganda. During the 100 days of killing Mr Bikindi s songs, which blamed Tutsis for the country s problems and urged Hutu solidarity, were played repeatedly on RTLM - often
