A select committee is to investigate corporate tax avoidance .

*Posted by Frances* Today, Tuesday 29th March, is El Salvador's day to remember the children who disappeared during the internal armed conflict. Children like Ernestina and Erlinda Serrano Cruz, who were aged just 7 and 3 years...

The law to protect some of the poorest countries from profiteering by vulture funds is to become permanent, the UK government has announced. See this page of the Jubilee Debt Campaign website. This law has already saved the country of...

No, I don’t suppose you do. I’ve seen this grim question around a few times, one of those reel-in-the-curious-punter tags on the internet that get people clicking on commercial horoscope sites or whatever. Leaving aside a few specific...

As we publish our latest death penalty report , looking at executions and sentences around the world during 2010, it is clear that countries using the death penalty are now increasingly isolated. Read on to find out how you can help...