OK so who cares about the budget? For us in the media team, it means but one thing: the issues that matter in the world of human rights get pushed aside with a few notable exceptions. So congrats to The Independent for leading on...

Imminent execution PAKISTAN Zahid Masih (m) Zahid Masih, who worked for the Pakistan army, is due to be executed on 12 March. According to local human rights organizations, he was found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of a nine...

To coin a phrase that may become rather common in the run-up to 8 August, there’s a lot of news about China at the moment. First there was the ‘terrorist plot’ by ‘Uighur terrorists’ that the authorities ‘foiled’. Why the plague of...

Three reports which have been launched in the last week into the human rights of girls have left me feeling slightly depressed: Safer schools: Every Girls Right is an Amnesty International report exploring the experience of girls from...

There’s a debate under way (I’ve joined in myself) over at the BBC NI-hosted blog, Will and Testament , about torture, the CIA and why “good people turn evil”. The debate is prompted by a book , interview and slideshow (horrific...