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Aug 4 2009 6:41PM
Send postcards to conscience of prisoners

Send postcards to conscience of prisoners

Aug 4 2009 3:10PM
Torture and those pesky parliamentarians

Listen to Ivan Lewis stonewalling on the Today programme (8.10 interview) and you get the distinct impression that the government has … how can I put this, got something to hide . There, I’ve said it. I know, shocking isn’t it? A...

Aug 3 2009 4:09PM
Peaceful protestors in Iran: is their goose cooked?

By which I mean … are the mass trials in Iran ‘political’ and are people being set up by the Iranian authorities? OK, the authorities are certainly putting a lot of politicians – past and present – on trial, so they’re literally...

Aug 3 2009 2:14PM
Attacking workers occupying factories hurts us all.

Strikes are about more than train delays. As two on-going factory occupations show, they can be courageous acts pointing the way towards a better society. They deserve our support, and their fundamental human rights.In Korea, 800...

Aug 2 2009 10:27AM
A  valedictory post

And so my time has come to leave Amnesty International as a campaigner, I have been involved with Amnesty in Northern Ireland for just short of five years, in a variety of roles. Five challenging, fascinating years which have only...