MORE than 92 per cent of residents in East Lothian care homes took up the offer of the Covid-19 vaccine in the first rollout phase, with only nine people refusing. A new report on the coronavirus vaccine rollout across the county has given the first insight into the uptake so far. And it revealed that in East Lothian care homes, 548 of 594 residents were vaccinated by January 25, along with 455 staff; nine residents refused and the remaining residents, who were unable to receive it due to illness, will receive it at a later date. A meeting of East Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB) was told that the uptake in care homes was 92.3 per cent, higher than in neighbouring Edinburgh and Midlothian.
EAST Lothian councillor Fiona O’Donnell has taken a step back from her leadership roles after landing a temporary job within the Scottish Labour Party. Ms O’Donnell’s role as cabinet spokesperson for health and social care has been taken over by fellow councillor Shamin Akhtar, who will also step in to replace her as chairperson of East Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB). At a virtual meeting of East Lothian Council this week, elected members were asked to approve new appointments following the decision by Ms O’Donnell. No formal statement has been made about her new post; however, it is understood she has stepped into the Scottish Labour Party’s deputy general secretary post on an interim basis, following the departure of Anne McGinley last month.
First person accounts of sexual violence at Chinaâs Uyghur camps emerge, point to genocide
As first person accounts of alleged atrocities & sexual violence in Chinaâs Uyghur camps emerge, a British lawyers team makes a case of genocide against Xi Jinping. Shekhar Gupta examines the facts in episode 680 of Cut the Clutter.
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New Delhi: As former detainees of Chinaâs Uyghur detention camps in Xinjiang emerge with first person testimonies of the alleged use of sexual violence as a way of oppression, a team of British lawyers, commissioned by human rights organisations, makes a case of genocide against Chinese President Xi Jinping. In episode 680 of ‘
Uighurs: ‘Credible case’ China carrying out genocideArticles 2021-02-08, by Editor Comments Off 5
By James Landale
There is a “very credible case” that the Chinese government is carrying out the crime of genocide against the Uighur people, according to a formal legal opinion newly published in the UK.
It concludes there is evidence of state-mandated behaviour showing an intent to destroy the largely Muslim minority in north-western China.
This includes the deliberate infliction of harm on Uighurs in detention, measures to prevent women giving birth – including sterilisation and abortion – and the forcible transfer of Uighur children out of their community.
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By James Landale
image captionProtests against China s alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community
There is a very credible case that the Chinese government is carrying out the crime of genocide against the Uighur people, according to a formal legal opinion newly published in the UK.
It concludes there is evidence of state-mandated behaviour showing an intent to destroy the largely Muslim minority in north-western China.
This includes the deliberate infliction of harm on Uighurs in detention, measures to prevent women giving birth - including sterilisation and abortion - and the forcible transfer of Uighur children out of their community.