Prisons inspector brands Parkhurst a failing jail, lacking basic levels of safety and decency

Sri Lankan government blocks access to camps in which thousands could face two years behind razor wire.

Civilians say Tamil Tigers fired at those who fled. Witnesses saw victims of phosphorus bombs.

Mr Rajapaksa made the announcement in a speech to the country’s parliament, a day after the army said rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had been killed.

The pace of home demolitions in Arab East Jerusalem appears to be increasing under the city’s new mayor, an Israeli rights group has warned.

This is a transcript from PM. A program broadcasted on Australian Radio National and ABC Local Radio.

The criminal justice system is condemned as an institutionally sexist operation that lets down female victims, fails to help women offenders out of a cycle of crime and prevents professionals reaching the top jobs.