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It could have been me

  • 07 August 2008
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The Olympic Games are upon us, but one Beijing activist has found there's nowhere to run if you dare question the human rights record of the Chinese government

It could have been me

  • 10 July 2008

When hundreds, maybe thousands, were killed or forcibly displaced in a northern region of Yemen, the government denied journalists access. One man managed to report from the area. He is now beginning a six-year jail sentence

Now that's what I call torture

  • 05 June 2008
  • 10 comments

Binyam Mohammed, the British resident detained in Guantanamo, has been subjected to so much psychological torture by music that he could almost make his own gruesome compilation album

It could have been me

  • 29 May 2008

Ding Zilin's teenage son was shot in 1989 by riot police on their way to "clear" pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. She, and others, are still waiting for justice, but China's government does not even want them to mourn in public

Torturous arguments

  • 10 April 2008
  • 1 comment

The draft Torture Damages Bill is a fundamental test of the British government's commitment to human rights

A fair trial is not a “brand issue”

  • 13 March 2008

Human rights are trampled in unlikely places: a shopping centre in Reading is the latest example

It could have been me

  • 28 February 2008
  • 36 comments

Aster and ten others arrested with her have been held without charge since 2001. Their whereabouts are unknown. They are denied access family and medical treatment

Too poor to buy justice

  • 07 February 2008
  • 1 comment

"It's sad," said the imam. "In Yemen, we can't afford human rights for ourselves. We must rely on you, from Europe and America, to give them to us"

It could have been me

  • 13 December 2007

Parliament Square protester Brian Haw on Jenni Williams and the Women of Zimbabwe Arise group - in association with Amnesty

It could have been me

  • 08 November 2007

A political activist who fled from Iran 12 years ago was refused asylum after poor representation in court. Now he doesn't even qualify for medical treatment

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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