The USA is one of the more high-profile countries that still practices capital punishment. What is much less known, however, is their practice of sentencing minors to life without parole (LWOP). I haven't quite yet worked out how to...

This event has already been picked up on the Northern Ireland blogosphere over on Slugger and on Alan in Belfast but, seeing as I'm one of the panellists, I'll give it a plug here too! East Belfast Speaks Out is basically (the hugely...

A busy summer and were back into things for the autumn. Of course, a very special autumn it is, because in November we'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child! Hurrah! It is because of this...

This is from Amnesty's urgent action team. Please read. Thanks. Billy Briggs. www.billybriggs.co.uk SYRIAN KURD DISAPPEARS, RISKS TORTURE SYRIA Berzani Karro, who is 20, is now known to have been arrested at Damascus airport on 27 June...

Four refugees who have fled from danger tell their stories through the objects that they most treasure. This is in Memento, a programme on BBC World Service that will be broadcast several times on Friday 2 October 2009. The BBC gives...