A report from Human Rights Watch says that Barack Obama has set a different tone from Bush but has failed to prevent abuses .

A report from the UN says that Britain was complicit in mistreatment and possible torture . The report indicates that Britain was involved in the secret detention of British Muslims. It follows a report from Human Rights Watch, based...

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We put the Persian version of this piece of news on this blog to emphasise its importance. It is about one particular journalist, Massoud Bastani whose only crime was reporting. He was detained in July 2009. He went to the...

Ouagadougou – now there’s a capital city you don’t hear much about. It’s a name which you’d be expected to know in a pub quiz – “name the capital of Burkina Faso…!” Well, now you’ve read this, you’ll have the answer. But if you really...