I am pleased to see that the counter is still going up for the number of people who have joined the Million Faces petition.

MPs highlight loopholes in UK arms legislation:"The MPs have asked the Government to explain why exports of weapons are granted to destinations listed as 'countries of concern' in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Annual Report on...

Trawling through history that should not be forgotten I have come up with an event in August 1819, in St Peter's Field, Manchester, England. It started with a peaceful gathering of about 50 000 people, radical protesters. One...

The Control Arms campaign in a statement dated 24 July, 2006 welcomes Arms Trade Treaty proposal. Ambassadors of seven countries, including the United Kingdom, have written to all governments to try to keep going towards the goal of an...

The film gave a picture of the life of a teenage girl in Iran who fell foul of the "moral police" several times and eventually was hanged at the age of 16. Atefah Salaaleh was killed on 15 August 2004 in the small Iranian town of Neka...