• Apr 20 2012
  • 10:23am
Killing for Honour?
I heard an interview with Elif Shafak on BBC Radio 4 and she has also been featured in Meet the Auth ...
  • Apr 12 2012
  • 9:10pm
Unreported World from Sudan
Channel 4 shows Unreported World on Friday 13 April 2012.  The report this time comes from Sudan and may show why George Clooney was willing to get arrested to draw attention to what is ha ...
  • Apr 8 2012
  • 3:19pm
Mexican newspaper fights for truth
A tiny Mexican newspaper is leading the fight for truth in the face of the drugs war, says this ...
  • Apr 3 2012
  • 4:51pm
Newsnight on 3 April reports from Burma
Newsnight on 3 April 2012 included a report by Sue Lloyd Roberts from Kachin in Bu ...
  • Mar 20 2012
  • 2:50pm
Escape from a North Korean prison camp
This Guardian article tells how one man escaped from a North Korean prison c ...
  • Mar 16 2012
  • 4:22pm
George Clooney arrested protesting against Sudanese leaders
George Clooney has been arrested outside the Sudanese emba ...
  • Mar 16 2012
  • 3:38pm
A fate worse than death
In Tibet some people have been killing themselves by fire.  How bad must life ...
  • Dec 20 2011
  • 12:13pm
Nose to grindstone: back to the blog
Sorry, where have I been, what excuses can I offer? I have not written anything on my blog for ages. Here I am again and my New Year's Resolution is to update my blog regularly. Notice that I am not saying how ofte ...
  • Jul 5 2011
  • 2:45pm
Unreported World: Killings of civilians in Congo
I have just watched a film in the Channel 4 series, Unreported World, about the attacks on civilians in north-eastern Congo by the LRA from Uganda.  It was a report from 2009 that was repe ...
  • May 10 2011
  • 2:38pm
Urgent petition on persecution of homosexuality in Uganda
In Uganda there could be a vote on bringing in the death penalty for homosexuality.  Avaaz has ...

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