China imprisons tens of thousands of people secretly and incommunicado, to break them before charging them with crimes. Some who were later released report having been tortured, Guantanamo style.

The Vatican objects to a proposed Italian law which might criminalize the refusal to teach certain specific ideas about gender, and refusal to conduct same-sex marriages.

I support same-sex marriages, and adoption by same-sex couples. I also support the right of people to practice their religion, so any particular church should not be required to carry out those procedures. As long as same-sex couples have other places to marry or adopt, such as state agencies, their rights are safe.

Where I see real injustice is where religious organizations have a local monopoly (or near-monopoly) on some activities, such as medical care or education. That near-monopoly gives them power over what people can do.

Proposing a draft law establishing the crime of ecocide.

It shows that the law can defend the well being of ecosystems without the silliness of claiming that the ecosystems themselves "have rights".

If this is adopted by the International Criminal Court, we will have another reason to press for more countries to join that court. Its main opponents are the US, Russia and China.

Video shows that Czech thugs killed a Roma man by kneeling on his neck.

*Absurd planning policies that create Britain's housing crisis.*