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Dec 27 2010 11:04PM
Obituary: Professor Kevin Boyle

Many in Northern Ireland and much further afield will be deeply saddened to hear news of the the death of Professor Kevin Boyle, who passed away yesterday. Prof. Boyle was one of the UK and Ireland’s leading human rights academics, as...

Dec 26 2010 1:36PM
Village in Israel destroyed for the eighth time

Around 50 people have been affected by the demolition of the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib in the Negev in southern Israel. Over half of the people affected by this policy of home demolition are children, who have now seen their...

Dec 24 2010 11:55AM
2010: the years top ten human rights stories (part 2)

Yesterday I tore myself away from the Lib Dems tapes story and updates on "weather chaos" and people's last-minute Christmas shopping long enough to post the first five of my top ten human rights stories of 2010. Here are the next five...

Dec 23 2010 8:28PM
Merry Christmas among worries for the imprisoned priest condemned to death in Iran.

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Iranian Christians International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI), with regards to all other religions, wishes a Merry Christmas for all Iranian Christians.Throughout the world at this...

Dec 23 2010 8:25PM
Merry Christmas to the Iranian Christians among worries for the imprisoned priest in Iran

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Iranian Christians International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI), with regards to all other religions, wishes a Merry Christmas for all Iranian Christians.Throughout the world at this...