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Where the buffalo roam
05 February 2010 at 17:03 by Niluccio
Never work with children or animals, my mother always used to tell me, and in the main I've tended to follow her advice.
However, here at Amnesty, we like to stage the odd demonstration and it's a proven fact that if you want to do something that gets the cameras along, children and animals (along with facemasks, gigantic and garish ...
Gay rights are human rights
04 February 2010 at 17:34 by Yule E
The arrest of 21-year-old gay rights campaigner in Malawi described by the BBC as ‘gay-poster man' is just one more step in the targeting of the LGBT community in that southern African country.
The reason for Peter Sawali's arrest: putting up a poster asserting that ‘gay rights are human rights' – somehow not too unlike Amnesty's slogan ‘love is a ...
The play's the thing...
03 February 2010 at 13:21 by Niluccio
…. at least according to my fellow Warwickshire man William Shakespeare, it is, and that's good because there are several theatrical things getting a mention in this post.
First off, there's “Mums” at the Soho Theatre in … er, Soho, central London. This is on tonight and it's for one night only. So strictly for last-minute Londoners only, but make ...
Control Orders under fire AGAIN - when will they scrap them?
02 February 2010 at 18:18 by Steve B
The UK's Home Affairs Select Committee, made up of MPs, are the latest to put the boot into the UK government's Control Orders regime.
I could hardly have put it better myself:
“The legality of the control order regime is in serious doubt. It is our view that it is fundamentally wrong to deprive individuals of their liberty without revealing why. The ...
Music Journalists locked up in Iran
01 February 2010 at 13:12 by Steve B
You'll have noticed that Iran is once again in the headlines today, with US-Iran tensions reportedly ‘raised' again after the US sold anti-missile systems to its middle-eastern allies. It's also the anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's return from exile in 1979.
But it's Iran's domestic affairs that I'm interested in, and the continuing backlash against people involved in demonstrations ag