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The aftermath of the arrest of Karadzic rumbles on. Most welcome the arrest but the reports from Bosnia and particularly Sarajevo make for interesting reading.
First off, most former neighbours of Karadzic in a very unassuming apartment block in Belgrade weren't keen on being interviewed. This is not that unusual. The apartment is mainly occupied by older people, and in a country that stil
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The Central Organizing Committee of Muttahida Quami movement have intensely deprecated the cold blooded murder of MQM worker Sohail Sami. Sohail Sami, 25, was a worker of MQM Malir Sector, Unit 97. The office bearers of MQM vehemently denounced the incidence occurred in Malir, Karachi in which, it is apprehended, that armed terrorists abducted Sohail Sami and then shot him to death with severa
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Great news that Karadzic was arrested in Serbia this week and real testimony to the power of campaigning. But a comment he made in an interview shortly after he was indited on war crimes raised an interesting point. When asked if he was a war criminal for the Sarajevo siege and the Srebrenica massacre he replied, "No. I am President of Serbia." The inference being that as head of state you do wh
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That's the rather piquant name of a Facebook group at the heart of a fightback against homophobia in Northern Ireland.
The four thousand-strong campaign group on the social networking site is just one element of an online and offline campaign to challenge the anti-gay comments of Iris Robinson, an MP, MLA, Councillor, Chair of the NI Assembly's health committee (and, coincidentally, wife o
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I always think those posters of missing dogs or cats on lampposts are unbearably sad. Someone loves those animals. The owners are heartbroken and desperate. They go to the trouble of putting up posters. They offer rewards. And then what? Do they ever get their pets back? I hope so.
And what about people whose relatives go missing? It's basically the same thing: desperation, loss, a sense
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After more than twelve years on the run, Radovan Karadzic – who stands accused of crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the appalling abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early nineties – has been arrested.
The importance of this for international justice is immense. Karadzic has been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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It may soon be the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but December 10th 1948 – albeit a massively significant moment – was not the starting point for human rights.
We could have a long argument about which is the most significant date in the history of the development of human rights, but 1791 has got to be in with a shout. It was in London in Fe
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By Andy, group treasurer chappie.
So there I am last night, in the studio with BBC Radio4 on, when they break the news that Karadzic has been arrested. It is one of those moments when you stop in your tracks, process the news slowly, and then simply smile. A smug, delighted and "gotcha" kind of smile, yes. But also a smile of justice for the thousands upon thousands of people across the
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I’m old enough to remember the “first pop video”.
Or at least the first really popular one. “Vienna”, Ultravox’s ice-cold classic (“Oh, Vienna!”) might not be quite as a cool as it was in 1981 – ok, it hasn’t been cool for about 25 years! – but Midge Ure’s once slicker-than-slick promo flashed through my mind this week.
Because? Well, because we now have headlines about the “first vi
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The BBC reports jubilation on the streets of Sarajevo, following the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic after more than ten years on the run. Karadzic was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed – under the eyes of UN peacekeepers - and for his role in the bruta
0 commentsThe aftermath of the arrest of Karadzic rumbles on. Most welcome the arrest but the reports from Bosnia and particularly Sarajevo make for interesting reading. First off, most former neighbours of Karadzic in a very unassuming apartment block in Belgrade weren't keen on being interviewed. This is not that unusual. The apartment is mainly occupied by older people, and in a country that stillast updated Wed 23 Jul 08 at 23:21author not_colin
0 commentsThe Central Organizing Committee of Muttahida Quami movement have intensely deprecated the cold blooded murder of MQM worker Sohail Sami. Sohail Sami, 25, was a worker of MQM Malir Sector, Unit 97. The office bearers of MQM vehemently denounced the incidence occurred in Malir, Karachi in which, it is apprehended, that armed terrorists abducted Sohail Sami and then shot him to death with severalast updated Wed 23 Jul 08 at 23:3author loyal2bhai
3 commentsThat's the rather piquant name of a Facebook group at the heart of a fightback against homophobia in Northern Ireland. The four thousand-strong campaign group on the social networking site is just one element of an online and offline campaign to challenge the anti-gay comments of Iris Robinson, an MP, MLA, Councillor, Chair of the NI Assembly's health committee (and, coincidentally, wife olast updated Wed 23 Jul 08 at 13:44author Patrick Corrigan
0 commentsI always think those posters of missing dogs or cats on lampposts are unbearably sad. Someone loves those animals. The owners are heartbroken and desperate. They go to the trouble of putting up posters. They offer rewards. And then what? Do they ever get their pets back? I hope so. And what about people whose relatives go missing? It's basically the same thing: desperation, loss, a senselast updated Wed 23 Jul 08 at 10:18author Niluccio
3 commentsAfter more than twelve years on the run, Radovan Karadzic – who stands accused of crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the appalling abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early nineties – has been arrested. The importance of this for international justice is immense. Karadzic has been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavialast updated Tue 22 Jul 08 at 23:27author Steve B
3 commentsBy Andy, group treasurer chappie. So there I am last night, in the studio with BBC Radio4 on, when they break the news that Karadzic has been arrested. It is one of those moments when you stop in your tracks, process the news slowly, and then simply smile. A smug, delighted and "gotcha" kind of smile, yes. But also a smile of justice for the thousands upon thousands of people across thelast updated Tue 22 Jul 08 at 14:28author Mid Warwickshire Group
1 commentsThe BBC reports jubilation on the streets of Sarajevo, following the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic after more than ten years on the run. Karadzic was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed – under the eyes of UN peacekeepers - and for his role in the brutalast updated Tue 22 Jul 08 at 9:13author RichardW