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Mr Gove, Here Is Our Statute of Liberty

The European Convention is no longer fit for purpose. It is time for the Lord Chancellor to enshrine our freedoms in British law

June 23, 2015

Features·Human Rights·Policing·Politics·Prisons·UK Politics·War on Terror·Westminster

No End In Sight To The Exodus From Libya

There are no easy answers to the Mediterranean migrant crisis

May 27, 2015

Developing World·Dispatches·Europe·Human Rights·Immigration

Women Come Last in Syrian Refugee Camps

'The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and

March 25, 2013

Dispatches·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Middle East

We Can Have a Free Press and Justice Too

The real threat to liberty is not Leveson but the Coalition’s own Defamation Bill—yet it is not too late to make a sensible amendment

December 17, 2012

Features·Human Rights·Media·UK Politics

Freedom of the Press Now Concerns Us All

The censorious among us can seize on vast amounts of online evidence and use it to ruin the lives of citizens at random

June 26, 2012

Features·Human Rights·Media·Politics

Airbrushing Oppression

The 'Inspired by Muhammad' poster campaign airbrushes the oppression of Muslim women

June 22, 2010

Counterpoints·Human Rights·Islam

Oslo: Signing OFF on Human Rights

The alternative human rights conference highlights causes that are too often ignored or forgotten by organisations like Amnesty International

May 21, 2010

Dispatches·Global Governance·Human Rights

Foot Soldier

Michael Foot's inimitable character left its impression on a war-time and desperate Croatia

March 19, 2010

Balkans·Counterpoints·Human Rights·UK Politics

Chávez’s Thugs

Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Human Rights·Latin America·Media

A Strange Rush for the Exit

In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?

February 25, 2009

Academia·Europe·Faith·Family·Features·Health·History·Human Rights·Mental Illness·Modern Life·Philosophy·Science·Social Affairs·The West

Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil

A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national

February 12, 2009

Afghanistan·Developing World·Dispatches·Faith·Film·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Islam·Military·Music·Social Affairs·War on Terror

Blown Up in Bin Laden Country

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the

January 27, 2009

Afghanistan·Asia·Defence·Developing World·Espionage·Ethnicity·Features·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·Human Rights·International·Military·North America·Pakistan·War on Terror