Monthly Archives: May 2012

Care system fails children (AUS)

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Synercon

A review of the ACT’s youth care and protection services has revealed widespread failings in the system designed to protect the territory’s most vulnerable children, from inadequate risk assessments prior to removing children from families through to virtually non-existent early … Continue reading →

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FBI Data Show Gun Background Checks Still Undermined By Information Gaps

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Synercon

NEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Many states and federal agencies are still failing to share records about dangerous individuals with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), leaving dangerous gaps in a database designed to keep firearms … Continue reading →

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Detention sites ‘break torture victim rules’ (UK)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Synercon

Victims of torture are routinely being held in British immigration detention centres in breach of the government’s own rules, a new investigation has revealed. The study by Medical Justice highlights the cases of 50 individuals who were detained despite medical … Continue reading →

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Cancer fears after data mistakes at Imperial College (UK)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Synercon

Hundreds of patients thought to have cancer may have missed the chance of life-saving treatment, after mistakes by London’s largest hospital trust. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has uncovered errors in its record keeping, affecting up to 900 patients. Read … Continue reading →

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Spain’s four-decade baby-snatching nightmare

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Synercon

Nobody knows exactly how many Spanish women were victims of the baby-snatching industry. Because it seemed to operate with the willful ignorance — at the very least — of the state, and with the collusion of the Catholic Church, the … Continue reading →

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Thousands of Classified Records Said To Be Missing From National Archives (US)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Synercon

Dozens of boxes of classified government documents cannot be accounted for by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in its records center outside of Washington, D.C. It’s the third instance since 1998 that secret records have been discovered to … Continue reading →

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