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Sep 27 2010 3:35PM
Northern Ireland's Paramilitary Murals - Time for Change?

The following link will take you to an article of mine published by Al Jazeera. It documents the role of former terrorists in Northern Ireland in changing contentious paramilitary murals as part of the peace process. http://english...

Sep 25 2010 5:50PM
WOMAN PUT TO DEATH IN VIRGINIA

1st Update on UA 181/10 USA Teresa Lewis (f) Teresa Lewis, a woman assessed as having "borderline mental retardation", was executed by lethal injection in Virginia, USA, on the evening of 23 September for the murder of her husband and...

Sep 24 2010 2:00PM
Saffron suffering goes on

It is three years on from the iconic “Saffron Revolution” when protestors swept through the streets of Burma. The world watched with bated breath, as footage captured by brave and clandestine reporters revealed the largest show of...

Sep 23 2010 8:47AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly   September 14-21, 2010

Highlights Young AIDS Activist Goes on Trial: AIDS activist Tian Xi (田喜) was tried for “intentional destruction of property” in Henan Province on September 21. About a hundred netizens and activists arrived to show their support...

Sep 22 2010 4:50PM
MI6 consulted David Miliband on interrogations - cause for concern?

The Guardian’s front page today carries some interesting allegations that that David Miliband, when he was Foreign Secretary, personally authorised interrogations of detainees in countries with poor human rights records. Apparently he...