I submit that the ICE immigrant detention centres are a Crime Against Humanity by forcibly separating families, detaining asylum seekers with no criminal record, and detaining minor children for committing NO CRIME. So far, 24 people have died in the centres since the Trump administration took office. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/24-immigrants-have-died-ice-custody-during-trump-administration-n1015291 Recent visits to the U.S.A.'s ICE migrant detention centres by lawyers and members of congress exposed the following conditions endured by inmates: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/democrats-visit-texas-detention-centers/593191/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/inside-a-texas-building-where-the-government-is-holding-immigrant-children https://time.com/5623148/migrant-detention-centers-conditions/ https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2019/07/16/migrant-detention-centers-described-2019-us-government-accounts/1694638001/ According to the United Nations Office on Genocide Protection and the Responsibilty to Protect, the following are among 11 definitions of Crimes Against Humanity, taken from Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: "For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:" The fourth of these is: "Deportation or forcible transfer of population" The fifth is: "Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law" and the eleventh is: "Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health." A further clarification is given below: "For the purpose of paragraph 1:‘Attack directed against any civilian population’ means a course of conduct involving the multiple commission of acts referred to in paragraph 1 against any civilian population, pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy to commit such attack." Full text can be found here: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/crimes-against-humanity.shtml

I have been trying to look after my son who is now 29 he has autism and mental health issues. I have tried for the last five years to access him some help, since he was discharged from hospital. I have complained to social service's, local MP, police and mental health services. It seems they are not and don't want to work together to help people like my son. There are policy's in place saying that the above services are there to help by working together but as I've experienced there is a small majority of the service's that do try. I've even experienced a social worker who tried to help actually stand in his own council office and say that "the people in this office are trying to ignore the issues so they don't have to deal with them" whilst on the phone to me. The police turn up every time my son has an episode and say it's down to social services. Social services have now refused to speak to me due to my son being over 18. The MP has tried for the last two years to try and help, after a dozen letter's and numerous requests to have a meeting, we still haven't met. There are a lot of people whom have no family or friends to support them and are just left with no help and this is where the crisis grows and people either end up on the streets or arrested for behaviour which is more an illness. Our government has a duty of care through the services they provide.

Our moral compass is being skewed by apparent trade deals with our international operations, we have blood on our hands.

American veterans children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren, as well as the Vietnamese people in the same generations, have been born with a vast variety of birth defects and also suffer far higher rates of cancer. Agent Orange corrupts the DNA for five generations from first contact. We are victims of war who have gone unrecognised, from the grandchild of an American soldier who suffered terribly and died of cancer, the child of a soldier with no quality of life from birth defects, and the many Vietnamese who have suffered terribly, none of whom were involved in the Vietnam War willingly. In addition, the toll taken on the environment from the use of Agent Orange is almost impossible to calculate. Innocent humans and the earth itself have been poisoned by this act of chemical warfare. We deserve recognition.

Sherlockians all have the same thing at the top of their Christmas list. Season 5 of Sherlock. "The return of Sherlock to BBC One was watched by an average of 9.2 million people, according to overnight figures". 9.2 MILLION PEOPLE watched the return of Sherlock for one reason. They wanted to see Sherlock again. I cried when Sherlock 'died', so how many other people do you think cried as well when they thought Sherlock had actually jumped off of Bart's hospital? If 9.2 MILLION PEOPLE watched Sherlock jump off that building, that means at least a few MILLION other people did too.Why? Because we thought that we would never see our great detective ever again, and he WASN'T EVEN DEAD. A few million people cried at a man who hadn't died, so how do you think that made us feel when the whole series ended? I know i'm not alone when I say I would give ALOT to see Sherlock again, so maybe we can convince Mark and Steven to bring our baker street boys back? Sign the petition if you want to give it a try, its worth a go. And just as our favorite detective says "The game, Mrs. Hudson, is on!"

I never have scissors that work

Neema was born in Burundi and after civil war broke out her family fled to a refugee camp in Kigoma. Her sister was killed in front of her and her mother raped. The refugee camp was very dangerous, families beaten, no food,medicine and people dying. Her mother was seriously ill and her father encouraged her to leave the refugee camp with some others and go to the nearest village and find work. Neema was brought to the UK when she was 23 years of age. Neema met a man and they had a son in 2003. The father left Neema when he found out she was pregnant. In 2010, Neema met another man who promised her a better life in Belguim. They moved to Belgium and she then was physically and sexually abused by the man so returned to the UK in 2012. Neema has had her final appeal heard at the Upper Tribunal hearing for asylum seekers and they have been declined. Even though her son was born in this country and he can claim British Citizenship on 7/12/19 in his own right. Nathaniel has nearly finished Year 10 in school and is doing extremely well. They are both church-goers and well integrated into their community. Neema has lived in the UK most of her life. The Home Office want to return them to Burundi despite the British embassy stating that Burundi is a dangerous place and do not advise visiting. It's a terrifying prospect for them. Please help Neema and her son.

People are suffering needlessly and some even dying

AXA have financially supported the manufacture of Israeli arms, used to crush the lives of innocent Palestinian civilians. In a statement, AXA CEO Thomas Büberl has claimed that AXA have "similar values and vision with Liverpool FC" - something that is profoundly untrue. By continuing the sponsorship deal, Liverpool Football Club are showing their support for the brutal Israeli regime. Sign the petition now for LFC to terminate their sponsorship deal.

To ensure all those residing in the UK have access to shelter which provides long term security, safety and structure, allowing for reduced stigma regarding social housing, grounding in rights for tenants and an environment where prosperity in education, employment, health and family life is plausible.

Wayne Bell was just 17 when he was locked up for robbery. He was sentenced in March 2007 and more than 12 years on, he is still in prison. This is because he was among the first convicts to be handed a new type of sentence called "IPP" - since discredited and abolished as 'unjust'. In 2005, the then Home Secretary David Blunkett introduced Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences (IPP). In these sentences prisoners are only released once they can prove that they are no longer a risk, it means prisoners are serving huge sentences for minor crimes. Read more here: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/son-locked-up-17-robbing-16073921

It was brought to my attention that on the second floor of the Collegiate Campus, there is a quote from Suu Kyi, the current leader of Myanmar. She has rendered the entire Rohingya population as stateless and has justified the killings of civilians to what the US Ambassador to the UN refers to as an 'ethnic cleansing'. Although the quote was put up whilst she was commemorated as a 'hero of her people', Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize has since been revoked and all other honorary awards have been rescinded. It would not be befitting as an institution which hosts the faculty of law and one that emphasises the importance of human rights, to then revere the words of Suu Kyi in light of the subjugation that she has incited.