Please read this BBc report about the latest murder in Russia of a human rights activist. Her name was Natalia Estemirova and she was investigating alleged abuses by government-backed militias in Chechnya http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi...

Host: Chinese Salon Type: Meetings – Club/Group Meeting Network: Global Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009 Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Graduate Union, Mill Lane City/Town: Cambridge, United Kingdom The recent events in Xinjiang has...

Many of us are familiar with Disraeli ’s well-coined phrase, “lies, damned lies and statistics” but I reckon Charles Taylor brought a whole new saying to life as he took to the stand at The Hague yesterday. In his attempt to defend...

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...