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May 22 2013 5:40PM
Same-sex Marriage… I think the Ayes have it

You can always tell how the political week ahead will pan out as the media brews over the weekend. Whilst the same-sex marriage debate entered my living room through the (almost) ever present stream of Radio Four, my Facebook feed...

May 22 2013 2:20PM
How to turn a mobile phone into an alert system for activists

As a student activist speaking out against the government, Hassan is at constant threat of being arrested. The Sudanese government tracks and harasses members of the student movement he belongs to. Reports of his friends and contacts...

May 21 2013 10:55AM
An Arms Trade Treaty at last: my reflections

I’m sitting here in a haze. Yesterday I attended a historic milestone. A celebration that meant that over 20 years of campaigning had taken effect. On 3 June an Arms Trade Treaty will be open for signatures. We will no longer live in a...

May 20 2013 6:04PM
Time is running out - tweet now for Beatriz

Update - 28 May: Faced by the continuing failure of the authorities to provide Beatriz with the treatment she so urgently needs, staff at the Citizens' Group for the Decriminalisation of Abortion (Agrupación Ciudadana por la...

May 19 2013 10:23AM
BEATRIZ IN NEED AS AUTHORITIES JUST STAND BY

BEATRIZ IN NEED AS AUTHORITIES JUST STAND BY EL SALVADOR Beatriz (f) Beatriz is still waiting for the Salvadoran authorities to provide her with the medical treatment she urgently needs to safeguard her life and health. The authorities...