• Mar 16 2012
  • 3:38pm
A fate worse than death
In Tibet some people have been killing themselves by fire.  How bad must life be l
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 an
  • Apr 5 2011
  • 12:40pm
Selling arms to countries that do not respect rights
"Both the present Government and its predecessor misjudged the risk that arms approved for export to certain authoritarian countries in North Africa and the Middle East might ...
  • Apr 3 2011
  • 7:49pm
Free at last, thanks to Amnesty
Free at last... they all owe their lives to Amnesty.
  • Mar 29 2011
  • 1:57pm
Impunity, a film about Colombia, showing in London
Impunity, a film about Colombia, was shown 29 March and will be shown
  • Mar 29 2011
  • 1:47pm
MPs to look into corporate tax avoidance
A select committee is to investigate corporate tax avoidance.   
  • Mar 28 2011
  • 11:25pm
Law to control vulture funds to become permanent
The law to protect some of the poorest countries from profiteering by vulture funds is to become permanent, the UK government has announced. 
  • Mar 9 2011
  • 11:18pm
Presunto Culpable
Presunto Culpable (Presumed Guilty) is a documentary critical of the Mexican justice system