This blog has previously noted the suspicious shadow cast over intelligence about the Omagh bombing. There is little doubt who caused the death of 29 people and two unborn children – the 'dissident' republican paramilitary group known...

We had a flurry of activity in the press office late yesterday afternoon, with the Guardian and Daily Mail phoning me in quick succession to ask about a story they’d seen on the BBC and Ha’aretz websites, that the UK had imposed a...

The Immigration Minister’s failure to engage with genuine criticisms of new immigration controls betrays his appeasement of the far right minority and constitutes a failure for freedom of expression, cultural association and freedom of...

On 25 July, there is a worldwide action against the extensive abuse of human rights in Iran. On July 26, a banner which has been signed by thousands of Iranians and non-Iranians in about 200 cities world-wide, stating: AHAMDINEJAD IS...

In the post-election Iran, thousands have been deatained in cities across Iran either in peaceful demonstrations or taken from home or workplace. Families of the detainees gatrher every day in front of known prisons to get news of...