November 4 was the anniversary of the occupation of the US Embassy by the so called 'Students Following the Imam's Path'. Every year, for the past 30 years the Islamic regime holds official rallies in front of the embassy building in...

Continuing review of Martin O'Brien's speech on 'Human rights and the Agreement: how far have we come? ', the 2009 Stephen Livingstone memorial lecture. ------------------------------------------------- Ten years on from the Commission...

Continuing review of Martin O'Brien's speech on 'Human rights and the Agreement: how far have we come? ', the 2009 Stephen Livingstone memorial lecture. To what extent have the lessons of developing peace and justice in Northern...

I previously previewed Martin O'Brien 's delivery of the Stephen Livingstone annual memorial lecture, delivered two weeks ago at Queen's University Belfast. It was a hugely impressive speech, ranging over an array of issues of current...

A couple of posts ago, my colleague Steve B was talking about what it must be like to be walking down a street in Madrid when you get stopped by what turns out to be a violent gang of police officers …. … which made me think … about...