Press release me, let me go

The debate couldn’t be more apt at a festival that’s all about freedom of expression, of course, which is what makes Edinburgh an important place for Amnesty to be. I’m getting excited about going up to Edinburgh for a couple of weeks...

The conviction at the Old Bailey yesterday of a 70 year old woman and her son for the so-called ‘honour killing’ of her daughter-in-law is a horrific reminder that women are often most vulnerable to violence in their own homes and from...

The annual inhuman feat of the Tour (Im hooked: highlights every night on ITV4 ...), has again been brought into disrepute with a series of revelations about athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, leading to two whole teams being...

Well I’m just days back from New York where I was just yards away from Grand Central Station when a massive steam pipe explosion caused great consternation, forcing hordes of us off the subway and onto the streets of Manhattan. As you...

As the mighty Supremes once sang, you cant hurry love, you just have to wait - but were also apparently going to have to wait generations for gender equality in Britain. As the mighty Supremes once sang, you cant hurry love, you just...

I was surprised over the weekend to hear that President Bush had issued an executive order banning the CIA from using ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment’ in US detention facilities. Isn’t that kind of treatment banned already? Our...