Sunday, 02 September 2012 08:59
Debt collectors in states including Missouri and Alabama are using legal loopholes to lock up poor citizens who can't pay their debts.
Illinois' Attorney General Lisa Madigan has attacked the revival of the 'debtors' prisons' - something most people associate with Dickens novels.
The Wall Street Journal has flagged up an increasing number of debt-related incarceration, with the debts ranging from bills for health care services to credit card and car loans.
In Missouri, the state constitution outlaws imprisoning someone for unpaid debts.
Illinois' Attorney General Lisa Madigan has attacked the revival of the 'debtors' prisons' - something most people associate with Dickens novels.
The Wall Street Journal has flagged up an increasing number of debt-related incarceration, with the debts ranging from bills for health care services to credit card and car loans.
In Missouri, the state constitution outlaws imprisoning someone for unpaid debts.
Sunday, 02 September 2012 09:00
Archbishop Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and former US president George W Bush to face trial in The Hague for their role in the Iraq war.
Tutu argued that different standards appeared to apply for prosecuting African leaders than western counterparts, and added that the death toll during and after the Iraq conflict was sufficient for Blair and Bush to face trial.
Tutu argued that different standards appeared to apply for prosecuting African leaders than western counterparts, and added that the death toll during and after the Iraq conflict was sufficient for Blair and Bush to face trial.
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