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Aug 8 2011 11:10PM
Suffer the little children: Childhood and the Occupation in Palestine

My teammate Eva and Iwalked up the family home stairs to get a better view of the nearby settlementof Itamar from the flat rooftop. Along with the clothes drying in the intensemorning sun and the view that stretched across olive trees...

Aug 8 2011 3:30PM
Love and marriage, love and marriage.....

I arrived home the other night (from some theatre reviewing for the Freedom of Expression Award ) to find much fuss on Facebook around a Parliamentary motion tabled by John Mason MSP . Mr Mason’s motion notes “the current discussion”...

Aug 8 2011 2:19PM
Free the UAE 5! Speaking freely at the Edinburgh Festival

I’m up at the Edinburgh Festival for the next two weeks, helping Amnesty promote our work for freedom of expression at the world’s biggest arts festival. Today we launched this year’s Festival Campaign to Free the UAE 5 , five men who...

Aug 6 2011 11:57AM
Innocent Voices Speak out!

Innocent Voices Speak Out The impact of harassment and prison on the children of human rights campaigners Saba Vasefi " Asieh Amini, journalist and human rights activist once said: ”Our children aren’t civil activists or political...

Aug 5 2011 6:30PM
Lack of evidence? Don’t let that deter you. Hang ‘em high!

Following Guido Fawkes’ little blaze (ahem) of publicity with his “bring back hanging” e-petition campaign, there’s been a lot of stuff (including from him) about the supposed “deterrence” of having a noose in the criminal justice...