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Oct 6 2008 1:05PM
Today they are nailing this terrorist

Belfast playwright Gary Mitchell is the latest writer to contribute to the Irish Times / Amnesty International series marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His hard-hitting piece of original fiction...

Oct 5 2008 8:55PM
Campaign against criminalising immigrants:  a call to Belfast students

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has recognised the realities of migrants' lives in his call for migration not to be criminalised. Thomas Hammerberg says : “…many migrants cannot claim refugee status, even if their...

Oct 3 2008 2:02PM
Never out of the news: violence against women   

Pick up a newspaper any day of the week and youll likely find at least one story about violence against women. Sad but true, and today there are some startling examples. In the Independent , Kim Sengupta reveals that of five prominent...

Oct 3 2008 11:04AM
And about time too

So U Win Tin is finally free. The 78-year old, Burmas longest serving political prisoner, had experienced harsh prison conditions for 19 years for calling for political change, but refused to accept an amnesty from the Government as to...

Oct 2 2008 10:44PM
Who's to blame for Tim McGarry?

Or more precisely, who's responsible for the surprisingly athletic appearance of McGarry, host of the BBC's The Blame Game, in this pose take to publicise the Belfast live screening of the Secret Policeman's Ball ( 'when?', 'where?'...