The late-breaking news last night that Ejup Ganic , a former Bosnian vice-president, had been arrested at Heathrow was, for my money, heartening. Why? Because we’re supposed to be living in a world that, after Srebrenica, after Kigali...

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We have a new campaign briefing out today, urging the authorities in Sudan to abolish the practice of flogging, which is normally used against women. Women in Sudan face a daily risk of being arbitrarily arrested in public or private...

The UK government’s Control Orders regime is being discussed by MPs today, in the annual review/rubber-stamping of this “lamentable system”, as Andy Worthington describes it in his excellent and detailed blog on the subject. Today’s...

The Robin Hood tax is a proposed tax on speculative banking transactions. It is a tax that takes from the rich and gives to the poor. The proceeds could be used in the fight against global poverty and climate change. Years ago a top...