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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. Human rights groups have expressed concern over the contract... http://www.scotsman.com/news...

Apr 23 2013 12:32PM
Live Q&A with Robert King of the Angola 3

What would you ask a man who has spent the most part of three decades in solitary confinement? How he got through the days, years, decades alone in a tiny cell? How he claimed justice? What he’s doing now? Well, tomorrow’s your chance...

Apr 22 2013 7:50AM
Justice suspended in Guatemala?

On 19 th March a landmark legal case began in Guatemala, the first national trial against a former head of state for the crime of genocide. José Efrain Ríos Montt, the former head of state in Guatemala between 1982 and 1983, and...

Apr 19 2013 11:52PM
India: Two children detained, another at risk in Jammu and Kashmir

Two teenage boys have been detained without charge under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir. A third boy detained without charge at the same time has been released for health reasons but may be returned to custody within...

Apr 19 2013 6:22PM
Who wants to be a death row record breaker?

Okay, confession time - I’m a Guinness World Record holder. I was part of the world’s largest coconut orchestra in Trafalgar Square in 2007, and along with 5,566 other people, clip-clopped my way into the record books with a rendition...