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Oct 31 2010 1:08PM
World AIDS Day TUC seminar

There are 33 million people with HIV/AIDS around the world, nine tenths of whom are of working age, and many more with caring responsibilities for family members with HIV/AIDS. So AIDS is a workplace issue and a union issue. This year...

Oct 31 2010 11:00AM
Radios for Burma: now more vital than ever

Burma’s first general election in two decades was held on Sunday under conditions where freedom of expression and political participation are still heavily restricted. Over 2,200 political prisoners remain behind bars. The media is...

Oct 29 2010 7:55PM
Unreported World on Channel 4: Zimbabwe's blood diamonds

On 29 October 2010 Channel 4's investigative series, Unreported World, showed a report on Zimbabwe which found that there is still corruption and terror in that country. People are unwilling to talk much about the diamond fields but...

Oct 29 2010 1:36PM
MI6, torture, secrecy and dirty words

You can watch the first ever public speech from a serving chief of MI6 here , delivered yesterday to a select gathering of journalists. Given that the UK only stopped pretending that MI6 doesn’t exist in 1994, on the surface this seems...

Oct 29 2010 10:37AM
IRAQI-KURDISTAN, JOURNALISTS KILLED.

Please read the following report by Human Rights Watch which highlights the deaths of journalists who have criticised Iraq's Kurdistan regional government. Thanks for your time. Billy Briggs. Iraqi Kurdistan: Journalists Under Threat...