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Mar 27 2007 12:13AM
Slavery ended, or did it?

I would like to agree with Tony Blair when UK Prime Minister who said, "The same courage and dedication that people showed to overcome the slave trade 200 years ago should be used to tackle the many forms of modern day slavery, the...

Feb 26 2007 2:18PM
Web chat with the UK Foreign Secretary

Why not put a question about human rights on the web chat with the UK Foreign Secretary? It was to take place on 21 Feb. 2007 but had to be postponed. A new date has not yet been fixed. I have put on a question but it would be good to...

Feb 25 2007 12:35PM
Stop the executions....

I am forwarding this urgent appeal to intervene against the proposed executions of three Iraqi women. Last year, your help saved the life of a woman Iraqi journalist. Stop imminent executions of three women in Iraq Wassan Talib, 31...

Feb 8 2007 12:06PM
Festivals of Human Rights Films

A search on the internet comes up with many film festivals around the world on the theme of human rights. I wish that most of them were not so far away from me! It is probably easier to arrange such a festival in a major capital city...

Feb 8 2007 11:58AM
Asian Values

I have seen some discussion about Asian values and their relationship to human rights. The essence of the argument seems to be that in Asia the good of the group has to be given more weight and so the individual cannot be given so much...