Swimming with Loan Sharks was shown on the BBC on 16 November 2009. Swimming with such sharks is of course not a good idea but in recession-hit Britain desperate people do turn to them. As well as suffering from even worse debt they...

Inside the Israel Lobby was shown in the Dispatches series on Monday 16 November 2009.

I found the following comment piece by David Pratt of the Sunday Herald timely and necessary. Any comments? http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/guest-commentary/berlin-wall-is-g…...

Feng Zhenghu , a prominent Chinese dissident, has been stuck in limbo atTokyo airport for nine days because China refuses to let him returnhome. Feng's interview video Feng's Twitter If you pass by South Wing,Terminal 1, Narita...

DearPresident Obama, Iam a former political prisoner from China living in exile in London. Learningthat you are visiting Beijing in the near future, I ask you to take concreteactions and speak up against the deteriorating human rights...