On the anniversary of the murder of Sohrab Arabi, her bereaved mother, Parvin Fahimi lit some candles at the window in their home to remember her son. A son who was killed a year this day. The authorities attacked her house and smashed...

Reports from Iran indicate that more than 600 people have been detained in yesterday's sparodic demonstrations in Tehran and other cities. Students at Tehran and Sharif universities came out in large nubmers to demonstrate. At Tehran...

In the aftermath of the England-USA goalkeeper debacle, I was sitting in a pub reading match reports on my phone, thinking … how far removed the Kyrgyzstan crisis felt from all the World Cup chat. (BTW, if you thought I had something...

The Geneva-based UN body the International Labour Organisation has decided to send a High Level Tripartite Mission to Colombia to investigate why the death rate amongst trade unionists hasn't fallen. This week the TUC has protested...

Unreported World is the Channel 4 series that brings us the harsh realities of life in many places around the world where there is violence and conflict. To balance the traumatic scenes shown there are often stories about local people...