Fiddling at the edges on control orders not good enough
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, says the innocent may be still be punished without trial and the guilty will continue to evade prosecution and imprisonment.
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The march for freedom is slowly replacing tyranny in the Middle East
Human rights are universal, writes Luke Bozier; Britain should have an activist foreign policy which stands up for all people, not just our own narrow self-interest.
Campaigners fear child detention coalition back track
Campaigners have raised serious concerns over the Coalition’s shifting policy on child detention and whether the practice will continue in all but name.
Time for coalition to deliver on child detention pledge
The goverenment has postponed its pledge to end the detention of the children of asylum seekers until May; it is up to progressives to ensure that they deliver.
Iran: The West plays hard over nukes but is less vocal on human rights abuses
Dealing with Iran is becoming an increasingly difficult task for the international community. The Persian state poses two problems in particular: its contravention of human rights, and its nuclear aspirations.
The Coalition’s scandalous opposition to EU anti-trafficking law
The refusal of the Coalition to endorse a European Union directive to combat the trade in sex slaves and child trafficking shows the weakness of the Liberal Democrat arm of the Government.
Should prisoners get the vote?
The Council of Europe sets next year’s elections to Stormont, Holyrood and Cardiff Bay as the date by which it expects the UK government to allow prisoners to vote.
Questions Fox must answer over close links to Sri Lankan “dictator”
Sri Lanka’s president is facing mounting pressure from the international community over accusations of human rights abuses, war crimes, dictatorship & Liam Fox.
“Embrace diversity, end discrimination”
Human Rights Day marked the 61st anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration. The theme for this year was “Embrace Diversity, End Discrimination.”
Amnesty urges Obama: Get tough on Indian human rights
Manmohan Singh today meets President Obama. Amnesty International has urged Obama to press Singh on human rights abuses in India.