It is it merely a coincidence that certain acts of genocide and mass killing generate more interest amongst liberal interventionists than others? After all, the queue for those clamouring for intervention in one of the worst internal conflicts in our life time seems to be rather small.

The comments at the end are better:

“The House is applying the domestic law of this country, as it is bound to do… We are not passing judgment on the law or institutions of any other state. Nor are we setting out to make comparisons, favourable or unfavourable, with sharia law.”

This is Iran, the world leader in the execution of juveniles.

It is one of the last remaining countries that still imposes the death penalty on children, for crimes committed under the age of 18.

what else can one say about this?

A suspected US missile strike has killed at least eight students at a religious school in north-western Pakistan, witnesses say.

Thousands of Chagos islanders have had the right to return to their homeland in the Indian Ocean overturned by a House of Lords judgement.

The Times reported that the attempt would be dropped due to opposition from the House of Lords, but later the government issued a statement saying they were pressing ahead with trying to pass the legislation.

The government will probably try and force it through next year. Septic Isle speculates the Tories may pick it up as part of their push to win the next general election.