Over on Slugger O'Toole (the anorak's favourite blog) there has already been some analysis of the Northern Ireland Euro election candidates’ party election broadcasts and household-drop leaflets . Being something of an election nerd...

Horrific report in the Times today – it’s possible more than 20,000 people were killed as Sri Lankan forces made their final push against the Tamil Tigers over the last few weeks. The paper has aerial photos which have been examined by...

Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, speaks on today's Guardian podcast . She judges that the credit crisis is a threat to human rights. She also says that world leaders are ignoring conflicts that may spawn serious...

Plans are afoot at Amnesty’s Human Rights Action Centre to mark its 48th birthday. The air is abuzz with chatter of who’ll be DJ-ing at this evening’s party, what to wear and for some, where the party is going to be held (okay, so that...

I've just noticed that if you download the Amnesty toolbar (which is really easy and takes a couple of seconds), there is a drop-down menu that says 'Amnesty news', from which you can select 'Children's human rights', taking you to a...