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Feb 23 2010 2:02PM
"Is technology really good for human rights?" - We still don't know!

I’ve been trying to wade through around 1,500 tweets about last night’s “Is technology really good for human rights?” event, while nursing a slightly-foggy head after the post-doo drinks at the Book Club. The consensus seems to be very...

Feb 23 2010 10:42AM
English/Scottish Defence Leagues - anti-Islam?

Please read the following article I wrote about the Scottish Defence League which is an off-shoot of the English Defence League, a group formed to protest against radical Islam. Violence has erupted at both EDL and SDL protests amid...

Feb 23 2010 10:37AM
BBC Persian has received a new film on the attack at the university dormitory on June 14, 2009 Iran

فیلم منتشر نشده ای از حمله به کوی دانشگاه http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2010/02/100222_iran_l19_kooy_tehran_u… The film is sel-explanatory. Needless to say that according to reports 5 students were killed and more...

Feb 23 2010 8:13AM
China Human Rights Briefing  20-22 February 2010

Headlines Artists March on Chang’an Avenue to Protest against Forced Eviction Site Devoted to Academic Exchange Blocked Jiangsu Woman Convicted in First “Anti- Forced Eviction” Murder Case Chongqing Petitioner-Turned-Activist Zhong...

Feb 22 2010 4:29PM
Freedom to blog (and to hack?) #aitech

With one media report around today entitled “ Google will pave the way to freedom in China, says Dalai Lama ” and a front page splash in the FT saying “US analysts believe they have identified the Chinese author of the critical...