“Thank you for all of the actions you have carried out to support us in our struggles, and in favour of the rights of Nicaraguan women and girls.” These are the words of Juanita Jiménez Martínez. She is one of the nine Nicaraguan women...

Please read this and take action. Thanks. Billy Briggs. www.billybriggs.co.uk STUDENT ACTIVIST DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE IRAN Milad Asadi Student leader Milad Asadi has been detained without charge in Evin Prison, Tehran, since 1...

On World Water Day many people in the world are suffering from lack of access to water. Survival International reminds us of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen in Botswana who have been suffering this for eight years. In 2002 the Botswana...

Simon Reeve travels along the Tropic of Cancer in a BBC series. He certainly gets off the beaten track. In this evening's programme he started in Western Sahara and travelled by various transport eastwards across Africa, almost to...

Happy Persian New Year to all those who celebrate it. We Iranians hope to have a peaceful and free Iran in the coming year.