Politics: Human Rights
Lead Feature
Burma’s referendum of the absurd
Despite the terrible cyclone death toll, Burma's military junta is pushing ahead with its spurious constitutional referendum
In human rights
Power to the people
- By Trevor Grove
- 08 May
South Korea has just held its first jury trial,Japan is planning to reinstate juries next year, Russia is experimenting and even China is toying with the idea. And in Britain?
Priests' law of death
- By Martin Markovits and Vincent Bevins
- 01 May
Observations on Nicaragua and abortion
There are other Tibets
- By Lindsey Hilsum
- 01 May
In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs
Does Anyone Mean What They Say?
- By Martin Bright
- 30 April
The Prime Minister is losing the argument on 42 days, but Cameron is still unconvincing standing up for our freedoms
Children of destruction
- By Michael Glover
- 24 April
Mat Collishaw, inspired by the Beslan siege, examines our attitude to images of violence
Blogs
More in human rights
Out of control orders
- By Paul Donovan
- 17 April 2008
The lives of others
- By Rachel Aspden
- 17 April 2008
Torturous arguments
- By Clive Stafford Smith
- 10 April 2008
Dangerous liaisons
- By Alice O'Keeffe
- 10 April 2008
Horror in Uganda
- By Catherine Bond
- 10 April 2008
British jihad: Why our anti-terror strategy isn't working
- By Martin Bright
- 03 April 2008
Death of a free spirit
- By Samia Rahman
- 03 April 2008
