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Oct 23 2009 12:00PM
Lobby to stop violence against women

The UK Government is obliged to protect, respect and fulfil women’s human rights. As the 2010 general election is coming up and a change of government is possible, all political parties must address violence against women. On Wednesday...

Oct 22 2009 5:29PM
A light blow to justice in East Jerusalem

When Palestinian men suffer “light blows” at the hands of the Israeli police in East Jerusalem it’s apparently not worth prosecuting. Or so it appears. According to Yesh Din, a human rights group that has taken a case on behalf of some...

Oct 21 2009 6:00PM
Killing the mentally ill

Akmal Shaikh, a man from north London, is currently facing execution , in the next few days, in China. There’s strong evidence that he may be mentally ill, suffering from bipolar disorder: he had reportedly left London to set up an...

Oct 19 2009 3:20PM
Can anybody stop the accelaration of executions?

Rouhi Shafii Two women in different parts of Iran and two juveniles are in danger of imminent execution. Today, I will report the case of one of the women, Soheila Ghadiri who is due for execution on Wednesday 21 on Orumieh in north...

Oct 19 2009 2:39PM
UK asylum removals to Iraq not just a farce, a disgrace

An attempt by the UK Border Agency last week to forcibly remove some 44 refused Iraqi asylum seekers and send them back to Baghdad appears to have been conducted by the Keystone Cops – or rather the Keystone Private Security...