You are invited to help to form the world's longest toilet queue . It will mark World Water Day on 22 March and draw attention to the preventable illness caused by poor sanitation. One of the great achievements of public health in...

I’ll be heading back to Leamington Spa this weekend to see my mum, armed with a mothers’ day card and a badly-wrapped book that she’s probably already read. As you may have noticed online and in the press, there’s been a lot of focus...

(ChineseHuman Rights Defenders- March 11, 2010) OnMarch 10, Beijing police interrogated human rights defender Xie Qiang (谢强)for the second time in as many weeks. Ninedays earlier, on March 1, police raided his home, seizing computers...

Well, it's all been a bit quiet from me lately, but spring is in the air and there's something really exciting happening in March! As many of you will know, South Africa is gearing up to host the FIFA World Cup 2010. Now, I don't...

Reporters Without Borders has declared that 12 March 2010 is World Day against Cyber Censorship . The internet can be a force for freedom but many governments are trying to limit and control it.