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With air strikes in Libya (see the Sun and the BBC ), mass demonstrations across North Africa and the Middle East ( Mail and the Independent ) and the natural and nuclear disasters in Japan ( Telegraph and Express ) dominating the news...

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has called on the Yemeni authorities to stop the bloodshed immediately and develop a genuine national dialogue to respond to the legitimate demands of the people for democracy and equity. The TUC...

According to Human Rights Agency (RAHANA), a large number of women were detained and taken into custody on the International Women's Day! A large number of women took to the streets of Tehran follwing a statement by a number of women's...

International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) wishes all Iranians and those who celebrate No-Rooz a Happy New Year and wishes that in the coming year, there will be no more detention, torture, rape and executions in Iran or...

I've seen a lot of commentators in the media saying that they genuinely don't know whether a UN-authorised military intervention in Libya is a good or a bad idea. There appears to be genuine uncertainty. To use Simon Tisdall's...