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YESTERDAY was the first anniversary of the murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down by neo-Nazis in Moscow. Russia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists...

I went to see James Cameron’s latest blockbuster, Avatar, last week. There were a lot of things I thought about it: overlong (nearly 3 hours!) bit cheesy, not great acting, great effects, gripping and exciting if you left your cynicism...

Nearly twenty years ago, I worked as a security guard in New York (don’t laugh!) I had no Taser, but was side-armed instead with a powerful torch and a walkie-talkie to call colleagues in case of emergency. One of those colleagues was...

This letter and request was published on an email group appealing to the international community of human rights organisations and defenders to follow the events in Iran and the appauling human rights abuses which is committed every...

This time a year ago the world was reeling at the scenes of devastation coming out of Gaza. Now we’re reeling at the scenes of devastation coming out of Haiti. Plus ça change. Except … Gaza was man-made, Haiti was not. Yes, the death...