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Oct 29 2010 1:36PM
MI6, torture, secrecy and dirty words

You can watch the first ever public speech from a serving chief of MI6 here , delivered yesterday to a select gathering of journalists. Given that the UK only stopped pretending that MI6 doesn’t exist in 1994, on the surface this seems...

Oct 29 2010 10:37AM
IRAQI-KURDISTAN, JOURNALISTS KILLED.

Please read the following report by Human Rights Watch which highlights the deaths of journalists who have criticised Iraq's Kurdistan regional government. Thanks for your time. Billy Briggs. Iraqi Kurdistan: Journalists Under Threat...

Oct 28 2010 9:37PM
Survival International suffers cyber-attack

Survival International came under cyber-attack from thousands of computers yesterday evening, so that for now this temporary page replaces their usual website. A week earlier Survival International had drawn attention to a shocking...

Oct 28 2010 1:59PM
200,000 forced from their homes for a shopping mall and cinema

Its hard to imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by bulldozers which are literally tearing down your house while youre still in it. But this is a reality for nearly 200,000 people living in Nigerias town of Port Harcourt...

Oct 28 2010 12:00PM
Please halt all forced evictions in Port Harcourt

This is an open letter to the Governor of Rivers State, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Your Excellency Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi – Governor of Rivers State, I am writing to express my concern at the forced eviction of thousands of people from...