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May 14 2009 12:04AM
Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival

Human Rights Watch have an International Film Festival . From 11 to 25 June 2009 it will be held in New York and it is also held regularly in other cities including London. One of the films to be shown in New York is Crude , a...

May 13 2009 3:06PM
How much is that baby in the window?

I took a call this week from a reporter saying that her magazine had been investigating baby selling in Europe and found that you could buy a baby for as little as £1,200. Nice. This is the sort of stuff you hear about at Amnesty – ie...

May 13 2009 1:29PM
Today in History: Hunger Strike

"With the spirit of facing death, we fight for life" In Tiananmen Square twenty thousand spectators watched approximatelythree thousand students begin a hunger strike – a new tactic – in themiddle of the Square. Students pledged to...

May 13 2009 11:08AM
Bill of Rights: politicians out of touch with ordinary people?

It's not a great time to be a politician (although, of course, there are compensations ). The daily (Telegraph) revelations of politicians 'fiddling' while the economy burns have left people feeling understandably angry. Questions are...

May 12 2009 2:21PM
Gong! This is Brixton calling

So well done to Brixton Electric Radio. Winning four Sony radio awards is no mean achievement and amazing for a prison radio station. PopSugar might think it’s all about Chris Evans getting two awards or Vanessa Feltz getting hers, but...