Judges find Charles Taylor guilty of aiding Sierra Leone war crimes
Human Rights
Detentions display UN’s impotence in Ethiopia
April 26th, 2012 by William Davison
Published in All Stories, Human Rights
Ethiopia holds one UN worker in jail without charge for over a year, another faces prosecution.
Was this 16-year-old, killed by a US drone, really a terrorist?
April 23rd, 2012 by Pratap Chatterjee | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Human Rights, Top Stories
Boy killed by drone three days after attending Pakistani conference on drones.
Bahrain: little change since ‘brutal crackdown’ as Formula 1 begins
April 20th, 2012 by Jack Serle | 3 Comments
Published in All Stories, Human Rights, Top Stories
Bahrain’s recent protests put into context as motor race gets underway.
The inside track: how lobbyists have helped launder Bahrain’s reputation
April 20th, 2012 by Rizwan Syed and Alice Ross | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Human Rights, Top Stories
As the F1 gets underway, here’s a who’s who of the kingdom’s spinners.
Chinese investment in Tanzania results in mass evictions
March 2nd, 2012 by Beibei Yin
Published in All Stories, Carousel, Human Rights
Work on Dar es Salaam’s airport leads to 1,300 families evicted.
Somalia: a bullet-riddled history
February 22nd, 2012 by Emma Slater
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Human Rights
Background and an explanation of the military players involved in this war-torn nation.
Unproven science used to ‘explain’ deaths in police custody
January 31st, 2012 by Angus Stickler and Charlie Mole | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Deaths in Police Custody, Human Rights, Top Stories
At least ten deaths after police restraint put down to ‘excited delirium’.
Police guidelines permit techniques that can kill
January 31st, 2012 by Dan Bell | 4 Comments
Published in All Stories, Deaths in Police Custody, Human Rights, Top Stories
Stricter guidelines mean fewer restraint-related deaths in prison service.
DfID launches review after it exposed whistleblower
January 19th, 2012 by Nick Mathiason | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Human Rights, Top Stories
Andrew Mitchell orders review after Bureau proves DfID revealed informant’s identity.
