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The Human Rights Commission is to discuss allegations of sexual assault and harassment within Bermuda Regiment at its next meeting.
Chairperson Venous Memari told The Royal Gazette the issue was on the agenda for the October 1 meeting of the HRC.
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DATE: Sep 18, 2009
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The US official who arranged for the Uighurs to come to Bermuda from Guantánamo Bay has revealed that it led to him being "admonished by the British Government in very clear terms".
Daniel Fried, the special envoy tasked by President Barack Obama wit...
DATE: Sep 18, 2009
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An American tourist who came to Bermuda for a brief glimpse of its pink beaches was yesterday beginning a ten-day prison stretch for bringing a gun clip into the Island.
Lori Du-Bell, from Florida, was given the sentence by Senior Magistrate Archibal...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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Former United Bermuda Party election candidate Keith Young Jr. has died while on a business trip in Alabama.
The Royal Gazette understands that he passed away sometime between last night and lunchtime today.
The father-of-six, who was manager of bank...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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A schizophrenic who hanged himself in his hospital room was deemed the previous day to be in need of "routine monitoring" rather than constant one-on-one observation, an inquest has heard.
Shandal Richardson died in the early hours of March 5 last ye...
DATE: Sep 17, 2009
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An anti-conscription campaigner yesterday called on victims of sexual assault at Warwick Camp to speak out about their experiences — and bring their attackers to justice.
Larry Marshall Sr., of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD), said he hoped yester...
DATE: Sep 16, 2009
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More than a dozen Bermuda Regiment soldiers have made allegations of sexual abuse or harassment in the last two decades, The Royal Gazette has discovered.
But requests for information to determine the true scale of the problem at Warwick Camp have be...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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More than a dozen Bermuda Regiment soldiers have made allegations of sexual abuse or harassment in the last two decades, The Royal Gazette has discovered.
But requests for information to determine the true scale of the problem at Warwick Camp have be...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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Major Glenn Brangman — the man tasked with helping the Guantánamo Bay Uighurs settle in Bermuda — is no longer general manager of the Bermuda Housing Corporation.
The former Regiment Quartermaster's contract was not renewed at the end of July after m...
DATE: Sep 14, 2009
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Missing body parts victim Norman Palmer could have done something to save himself in the days before his death, a Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday.
Puisne Judge Geoffrey Bell rejected an application by the 57-year-old's family to quash a coroner's...
DATE: Sep 12, 2009
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