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When I was asked to write a short 300 word piece for the Newsletter on the Death Penalty, ( see below) I didn't know that my opponent would be no less that Ian Junior . Now I am used to be called a "wishy washy liberal", in fact I am...
According to Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Everyone has a right to a fair trial. Amnesty International mission is for an end to the use of the death penalty in the world. Yang Jia had not got a fair trial but he was sentenced...
The Times carries a piece today , with some harrowing footage, about an excellent Human Rights Watch report revealing that civilian killings in Afghanistan from UN and NATO air strikes have tripled I the last year. It’s a very timely...
On telly tonight in Northern Ireland: Last Man Hanging (BBC 1 NI) 9pm I mentioned this case in a blog about the death penalty last November and here is the chance to review it on the small screen. From the BBC's blurb: "In 1961 Newry...
At the risk of coming across as Forrest Gump with bad timing (see previous post: ( 'One night (not) in Bangkok' ), last Tuesday I sort of stumbled across the Belfast end of an international arms bust. As I passed the Europa Hotel, I...