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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...

It’s bad enough that the Bahraini security forces have been using shotguns, tear gas and even high-powered rifles to attack peaceful demonstrators in Manama’s Pearl Roundabout and numerous other locations in Bahrain. But to also attack...

Here's an article I wrote for The Guardian about a new report highlighting an escalating child trafficking problem in Scotland. http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/mar/13/child-trafficking-scotland-sc… Thanks for your time...

Please read the following article I wrote for The Observer concerning a company contracted to carry out the census and its links to claims of torture. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/06/scotland-census-abu-ghraib Thanks for your...

A new report (and video ) just released from Amnesty shows how Roma people within the EU are being discriminated against, leaving them forced to live in cramped, dirty housing without clean water or electricity. The report looks at...