UN rejects call to end investigation into Australia’s extradition bail law
By Tony Zhang|13 January 2021
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has rejected an appeal from Australia to dismiss a petition into the country’s systematic refusal of bail in extradition cases.
Forging ahead with its investigation into what some legal commentators have described as one of our nation’s most unjust laws, the UNHRC has renewed calls for Australia to respond to the merits of a petition lodged by human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson AO QC.
The petition details how Australia’s harsh extradition bail law breaches international human rights by making it virtually impossible for our citizens to obtain bail in their own country when sought for extradition.
Telegraph food writers and chefs reveal how 2020 changed the way we eat
Think 2020 has been a write-off? Think again. From family dinners to virtual cook-alongs, the past 12 months have offered valuable lessons
29 December 2020 • 9:40am
Our experts share what they’ve learned in the kitchen, and reveal the tips and tricks that will keep them cooking into 2021
Credit: Olivia Whitworth for the Telegraph
You’d be forgiven for wanting to brush this year swiftly under the carpet and plough straight into 2021, leaving faded memories of fresh vegetable shortages, pasta stockpiling and store-cupboard cooking well behind you.
But what of all the family dinners and virtual cook-alongs, and the nation’s collective effort – once the stockpiling finally dwindled – to shop more mindfully and support local businesses? For many people, 2020 was the year that mealtimes with all members of the household around the table became a regular event, and one in which children were encourage
Rebecca Saunders had her best ever sales day in store on Saturday.
Shoppers were flocking to the entrepreneur’s beauty outlet in Richmond, southwest London, and it felt like a moment of hope after a terrible year.
But as closing time approached, that sense of optimism was snuffed out - and replaced by fears of yet more hardship ahead.
“It is so devastating to have to miss five crucial days of Christmas trading,” says Saunders, a former beauty buyer at John Lewis, who decided to strike out on her own just over a year ago.
Since she opened her first store, called Seekology, which sells dozens of independent beauty and wellbeing brands, the entrepreneur has had to navigate the choppy waters of temporary closures for “non-essential” shopkeepers, as well as trying to get her business off the ground.