March 2012(20)
  • Mar 14 2012
  • 8:15am
What have the Syrian security forces ever done for us?
If you caught The Secret Policeman’s Ball on Channel 4 last week, you&rsqu...
  • Mar 13 2012
  • 6:52pm
Sri Lanka’s shameful practice of illegal detention
Three years after the end of the war, people are still being taken away and lock...
  • Mar 12 2012
  • 5:15pm
Stifling dissent in Ethiopia
One of my greatest bug-bears in life is when I'm out socially and am asked b...
  • Mar 9 2012
  • 5:31pm
The Secret's out #secretball
It’s a rare sight to find Russell Brand, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Kristen ...
  • Mar 8 2012
  • 1:55pm
Beep beep: Saudi women coming through
We’re all ultra-Green, Boris Bike-riding eco-types these days, so it's...
  • Mar 7 2012
  • 5:16pm
The never-ending horror story of Syria
Yesterday I had that slightly strange experience of searching for something onli...
  • Mar 6 2012
  • 7:38pm
Why are people setting themselves alight in Tibet?
Self-immolation was once a word that I had to Google. It means setting yourself ...
  • Mar 5 2012
  • 6:23pm
No win, no fee: no fee, no case
A good day for massive, human rights-abusing companies -  a bad day for poo...
  • Mar 2 2012
  • 2:47pm
Please Release Me
Never in my life, did I ever think that I would utter the words: “Engelber...
  • Mar 1 2012
  • 6:43pm
The risk of the witness
"It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not ...

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