• Apr 24 2013
  • 8:50am
Scots public body defiant over controversial deal with Bahrain
Please read my latest report for Scotland On Sunday about a controversial deal a Scottish public body signed with the government of Bahrain.
  • Mar 26 2013
  • 10:37am
Genocide trial in Guatemala begins with dramatic testimony.
The trial of Guatemala's former dictator General Ephraim Rios Montt began last week with dramatic testimony. Please read this report from Carrie Khan.
  • Mar 12 2013
  • 2:19pm
Calls for inquiry into government deal with Bahrain
My latest report for Scotland On Sunday is about calls for an inquiry into a controversial deal between a Scottish public body and the government of Bahrain. Please visit here -
  • Feb 25 2013
  • 11:03am
Scotland's controversial deal with Bahrain
Please find below links to an article I wrote for Scotland On Sunday - published yesterday - about a controversial business deal between a public body in Scotland and the governmen...
  • Feb 8 2013
  • 10:40am
Guatemala, genocide and the hope for justice
Please read the following opinion piece published by El Faro following the first day of the historic trial of Efrain Rios Montt, the former dictator of Guatemala.
  • Dec 10 2012
  • 11:14am
Detained for more than a year but is this a case of mistaken identity?
Please read an article I wrote for the Sunday Mail which was published yesterday.
  • Nov 15 2012
  • 2:40pm
Mining firms and human rights abuses in Colombia.
Please read my latest piece published by the Sunday Mail newspaper on 11th November 2012.
  • Nov 5 2012
  • 5:16pm
The human cost of cheap bananas sold in UK supermarkets.
Please read the following article - published yesterday by the Sunday Mail - about a new film which exposes how plantation workers in Cameroon suffer dreadful working conditions an...
  • Oct 22 2012
  • 4:24pm
Is UK government policy resulting in asylum seekers starving to death?
 
  • Oct 5 2012
  • 10:36am
Can women promote human rights and stop corruption in Uganda?
Please click on the link below to read a story written by Joseph Opio, a correspondent for the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) based in Uganda.

About me

My name is Billy Briggs and I'm a freelance journalist based in Scotland who writes for the national press. I'm also a contributing editor with the International Network of Street Papers.

Please visit the following websites for more information -

www.billybriggs.co.uk
www.street-papers.org

Thanks for your interest.