Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has apologised to people with learning disabilities abused whilst in the care of Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust. She was responding to a report last week that raised serious concerns about treatment of people in some care homes. The apology came as one family at the centre of the allegations was told there would be a new inquiry into what happened to their son, Ryan Blakey.

At least 163 people were killed yesterday in a series of co-ordinated bomb blasts on Mumbai's suburban train network. Six of the eight bombs went off inside packed commuter trains in the middle of rush hour, injuring more than 300 people, many of them severely. Witnesses spoke of seeing severed limbs and body parts littering the tracks. Other passengers rushed to help the wounded, wrapping them in whatever scraps of cloth they could find, fashioning makeshift stretchers, and carrying them out of the wreckage. At one hospital where the wounded were treated, a witness said the floors were covered in blood.

On July 7, 2005, four British suicide bombers killed 52 people — and themselves. The attacks came nearly four years after New York's 9/11, and soon became known in Britain as 7/7. The bombers and their victims were passengers on London underground trains and a double-decker bus. I heard the bus blow up near my Russell Square apartment. The physical impact of the bombs was devastating. The cultural impact still reverberates through Britain and especially in the Muslim community.

Babar Ahmad’s appeal against extradition to the United States will begin on Tuesday 11th July 2006. If he loses this appeal he could be on the plane to America to face gross Human Rights abuses within WEEKS. Join the demo to tell the Government and the world that enough is enough. British citizens will no longer tolerate second-class treatment. Bring out the evidence in Britain and give Babar a fair trial here, or release him immediately

Crimes against humanity occur not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. On 7 July 2006 at 11:00 GMT, Palestine Center for Human Rights,Gaza reported 24 Palestinians killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip and 2 killed in the West Bank, 115 others injured. IOF entered a mourning house in Jenin where Zakaria Zubeidi, a popular resistance leader, was. Zubeidi's mother, Samira, donated the top floor of her house for Arna Mer Khamis's theater.

Britain fell silent at noon for two minutes to mark the first anniversary of the London bombings that claimed 52 lives and injured hundreds. The silence is one of the events taking place to commemorate the 7 July suicide attacks on the capital. Flowers were laid at the sites where bombs went off on three Tube trains and a bus at the times of the blasts.

The Palestinian government has urged security forces to fight Israeli troops in Gaza after the most violent day since Israel withdrew from the territory last year. Saeed Seyam, the interior minister, declared a state of emergency on Thursday, according to a spokesman after fighting killed 17 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier.

Guantánamo Bay, a result of the Bush Administration’s ‘War on Terror’ has been the cause of much injustice and heartache for families around the globe. The base set up four years ago has become notorious for the inhumane treatment of detainees. The recent tragic death of the three young men whilst detained has caused further controversy and calls for the illegal base to be closed down.

There have been numerous reports and details from ex-detainees of allegations of abuse and torture at the hands of the US military and interrogators. Tarek Dergoul, who spent significant time with two of the deceased, provides the first in depth insight into their time in Guantanamo.

The effect the war in Iraq has had on motivating Muslims planning acts of violence in the UK is underlined to senior Scotland Yard officers in a private briefing document compiled by anti-terrorist specialists. The document, marked "restricted", says the conflict in Iraq has had a "huge impact". It explains that British policy over Iraq and Palestine is used by terrorists to justify their violence, and early progress in reducing the threat to the UK is not expected.