WEEKLY BULLETIN: 6 FEBRUARY 2015

and how a rights-based approach could help achieve this. Read the full article at:
http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news
New Ebola cases show first rise in 2015 (Sierre Leone)
The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit
countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on
Wednesday.It is the first weekly increase in 2015, ending a series of encouraging
declines.The WHO says Sierra Leone registered 80 of the 124 new cases, Guinea 39
and Liberia the remaining five.Almost 9,000 people have died from Ebola since
December 2013. Read the full article at http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31140987.
Barack Obama: ‘Acts of intolerance’ in India would have
shocked Mahatma Gandhi (India)
US President Barack Obama on Thursday said “acts of intolerance” experienced by
religious faiths of all types in India in the past few years would have shocked Mahatma
Gandhi.The comments came a day after the White House refuted suggestions that the
US President’s public speech in New Delhi, in which he touched on religious tolerance,
was a “parting shot” aimed at the ruling BJP. Read the full article at
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/religious-intolerance-in-indiawould-have-shocked-mahatma-gandhi-barack-obama/
Detention of mentally ill people in police cells needs to end,
say MPs (United Kingdom)
MPs say the detention of more than 6,000 mentally ill people in police cells last year is
a continuing scandal that urgently needs to be ended. A report from the Commons home
affairs select committee this Friday says detention of children, in particular, must cease
immediately. In all, 236 children under the age of 18 with mental health issues were
detained in police custody in England and Wales from 2013 to 2014. Read the full