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Apr 5 2008 10:20AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #3 (Setting the scene)

9:06 Alex Siddall is taking us through the welcomes and processes and sets a nice tone for the weekend ahead – good humoured, authoritative and respectful. AIUK Chair of the Board, Tom Hedley sets the scene. So will I. We're sitting in...

Apr 5 2008 9:57AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #2 (We're off!)

8:32am Okay. Ready? Well, I made it safely to the AGM (thanks for asking). Got to the Nottingham conference centre about quarter to nine last night – four hours door to door from the office in Belast, by car, plane, bus and coach. Not...

Apr 4 2008 5:31PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #1 (Preview)

OK, off to the airport in a minute to catch the flight that will take me to what will be the capital city of our human rights world for the next few days – yes, that's right, Nottingham! Well, with its most famous son (not counting...

Apr 4 2008 2:05PM
Burning issues with China

Barely a day goes by at the moment without the Chinese authorities’ appalling human rights record falling into the spotlight, and today is no exception. Sadly, early yesterday morning the human rights activist Hu Jia was sentenced to...

Apr 4 2008 1:16PM
Where its a crime to campaign for independence.

Our Education Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, will soon have reason to be thankful for the human rights she enjoys in this country. Tomorrow she is leaving for China , leading a Scottish Government delegation “to strengthen our engagement...