Category: UK
UK Could Face Economic Woes as Consumer Buying May Drop Amid Panic Over Coronavirus – Report
The ongoing spread of the COVID-19 virus is causing panic inside the UK, reducing consumer buying across the board, especially in the tourism industry. The latter could potentially lead to a drop in the country’s GDP and prevent the British economy’s swift recovery from coronavirus shocks in 2020, The Telegraph reported citing economists, industry leaders, and statistic data. …
UK Treatment of Julian Assange Condemned by International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
The judge overseeing Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has refused to intervene to improve his prison conditions despite his lawyers reporting mistreatment at the hands of prison officials. She has also denied Assange’s request to sit with his lawyers despite his complaint that he can neither follow proceedings nor direct his legal defence. …
186 Physicians Now Back Demands to End Julian Assange’s ‘Torture’ and ‘Medical Neglect’
The Lancet medical journal has now officially published, in its March 2020 edition, a letter from an international list of medical practitioners addressing the treatment of Julian Assange. This means that the letter can now be cited properly by other publications as awareness of the treatment of the WikiLeaks founder continues to grow. …
UK Government Yields Turn Negative as Investors Rush to the Safety of Gilts Amid COVID-19 Fears
Fears over the knock-on effects of the spread of COVID-19, as well as of the measures being used to tackle the virus, are driving a collapse in share prices as investors seek out safer places to put their money. This is coinciding with a collapse in the price of oil as OPEC and non-OPEC countries failed to agree to limit their output. …