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May 13 2010 2:19PM
Re-conceptualising Fair Trial Rights for the 21st Century

The QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice Annual Lecture will take place on Thursday 20th May at 5.30pm, in Room 121, Lanyon Building. This year the theme is: “ Re-conceptualising Fair Trial Rights for the 21st Century ”...

May 12 2010 4:12PM
An empty seat on the Cannes festival jury

The Cannes Film Festival opens today, but come Friday one seat on the prestigious Cannes jury panel will be empty. Acclaimed film director Ja’far Panahi was due to join the jury panel, chaired this year by Tim Burton, but he is...

May 12 2010 12:02PM
Shirin didn't want to go!

Fereshteh Ghazi Roozonline Daily It is a long-standing tradition that when some one is due for execution they inform them the night before so they write their will and say farewll to their families and friends. At 10 PM on Satuarday 8...

May 11 2010 7:27PM
Omar Khadr's torture in Guantánamo

Tom Parker (Amnesty USA) is currently at Guantánamo to observe the military commissions proceedings against detainee Omar Khadr, who was only 16 when first detained there. His blog details interrogation techniques used on Omar Khadr...

May 11 2010 7:23PM
FGM and maternal health in Sierra Leone AIUK must join fight in Africa

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) reports that parliamentarians from all over Africa are pushing for a continent-wide ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and are calling on the UN to pass a General...