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Nov 22 2016 6:15PM
After Hillsborough I fought for justice for 27 years

By Becky Shah I lost my mum when I was 17. She left one day to go to a football match, and I never saw her alive again. This year we finally proved that she lost her life as a result of tragic failures by the police, ambulance services...

Nov 12 2016 10:14AM
Six Trump proposals that must never become policy

By Margaret Huang , executive director of Amnesty International USA In the very early hours of November 9, we voiced our grave concern about statements that President-elect Donald Trump made over the course of the election and his...

Nov 9 2016 8:39PM
Trump’s win: what this might mean for Syria

It’s too early to say exactly what Donald Trump’s presidential victory means for Syria’s beleaguered civilians. Will he “pivot” the USA towards Assad and Putin in some narrow “counter terror” strategy against ISIS? He has certainly...

Nov 8 2016 11:20AM
That MoU with the Chinese companies…

With the news that the Scottish Government’s Memorandum of Understanding with two Chinese companies may have fallen through, it’s a good time to reflect on what lessons can be learned from all this. With the news dominated...

Nov 4 2016 7:00PM
Solitary confinement: Fading to grey

This morning I left the house as the sun was rising, resenting the onset of winter. Dark mornings, dark evenings, and only being able to see daylight through my office window. But as I walked to work, the sunrise, with its pink and...