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Nov 27 2007 3:44PM
Bibi Special: War of Words

The media today is full of stories about the arrest of British teacher Gillian Gibbons in Sudan after her young pupils chose the Islamic prophets name for their teddy bear. Arrested on a blasphemy charge she may face 40 lashes as...

Nov 26 2007 1:22PM
Two months detention without charge? Bad idea.

Today we joined the growing chorus of opposition to extending pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects, lining up alongside such luminaries as Justice , Liberty , the Joint Committee on Human Rights, both opposition parties and Lords...

Nov 26 2007 11:49AM
School of the Americas

If you run an educational centre it is good to be able to point to the achievements of former students. Awkward if you have produced notorious dictators such as Noriega of Panama as well as those responsible for massacres of hundreds...

Nov 23 2007 12:12PM
The horrific world of rape

Sometimes it is just simply impossible to believe what is happening in the world. This week two horrendous gang rape cases have come to our attention and in both cases the authorities have a lot to answer for. This morning the BBCs...

Nov 22 2007 5:32PM
Unsafe daily life

Ordinary Chinese suffer from unsafe life in many aspects: Ordinary Chinese often have a risk to eat toxic food, polluted water and environmental disasters. Continuous tragedies: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Aids blood...