Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic murder convict pending a review of an earlier ruling that his condition was not a permanent mental disorder and therefore not legally relevant, his lawyers said. He was due to be executed Wednesday, according to execution orders issued last week. But … Continue reading Pakistan Supreme Court Blocks Execution Of Schizophrenic Murder Convict
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BBC defends decision to censor the word “Palestine”
The broadcaster claims that allowing the lyric "free Palestine" would have comprised impartiality. In a ruling on 31 January, the BBC Trust defended its decision to censor the word "Palestine" from a freestyle by rapper Mic Righteous on 1xtra in February last year. In the performance (above), he rapped: "I still have the same beliefs … Continue reading BBC defends decision to censor the word “Palestine”