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With permission, I'm reproducing the excellent opinion piece in today's Belfast Telegraph by Prof Colin Harvey, Amnesty member and Commissioner on the NI Human Rights Commission. This is a cut down and reworked version of a feature...

The Iranian regime, in a conscious but desparate effort to prevent mass demonstrations on the anniversary of the 1979 revolution has issued death sentences to 11 people on charges of conspiracy against the Islamic Republic and hanged...

A report from Human Rights Watch says that Barack Obama has set a different tone from Bush but has failed to prevent abuses .

A report from the UN says that Britain was complicit in mistreatment and possible torture . The report indicates that Britain was involved in the secret detention of British Muslims. It follows a report from Human Rights Watch, based...

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