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Nov 16 2009 6:17PM
Decommissioning the warehouse of death

I’ve blogged a lot about the death penalty in recent weeks – see here and here if you missed them and, hey, please feel to read ‘em! – so I’ll keep it (relatively)brief. The Guardian went big on the topic today, one of those...

Nov 16 2009 10:53AM
Russian prisons, abuse of prisoners.

Please see below a report by Al Jazeera on the abuse of prisoners in Russia's prisons. Please note the footage contains scenes of graphic violence. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/11/2009111622955556546.ht… Billy Briggs...

Nov 16 2009 10:32AM
URGENT! Justice for street children petition

Please sign this when you have a minute: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Realising-Rights The petition is run by our colleagues at the Consortium for Street Children and focuses on violence against street children, in particular the...

Nov 16 2009 10:24AM
Yemen Crisis escalates.

This is a press release from the refugee agency, UNHCR, regarding fighting in the Yemen. More and more Yemeni civilians are fleeing embattled Sa’ada province in northern Yemen as the fighting between government troops and Al Houti...

Nov 16 2009 9:14AM
Apology for sending children to Australia

Gordon Brown is to apologise for policy of sending children to Australia . The practice continued into the 1960s. In some cases the children were told that they were orphans even when this was not true.