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LAW ON TRIAL AT BIRBECK SCHOOL OF LAW Unsafe law: public health, human rights and the legal response to HIV | Protesting in a time of cuts: a clampdown on civil liberties? | Reading the riots | Spinning the crisis: … Continue reading →

The son of the executed activist faces the oil giant in a human rights trial this week. He seeks understanding rather than retributionComments (26)Buzz up!Digg itKen Saro-Wiwa JnrThe Observer, Sunday 24 May 2009Article historyThis week, a US court will hear … Continue reading →

by Michael MooreJune 1, 2009I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors. By high noon, the President of the United States will have made it official: General Motors, as we know it, has been … Continue reading →

The global economic crisis is exacerbating human rights abuses, Amnesty International has warned.In its annual report, the group said the downturn had distracted attention from abuses and created new problems.Rising prices meant millions were struggling to meet basic needs in … Continue reading →

For a moment, my heart leapt. The headline on the front of yesterday’s Daily Mail contained the words travel, scandal, ­extortionate and £6.2. I imagined, until I read it properly, that it referred to the £6.2bn contract to expand the … Continue reading →

Let’s get this out of the way first: Sonia Sotomayor is not a perfect liberal judge. She is not astoundingly progressive or notably feminist. She isn’t a tireless champion of civil rights or a first amendment absolutist. She is, however, … Continue reading →

New report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for investigation into international crimes; calls for more concerted UN action on Burma Cambridge, Mass. – Five of the world’s leading international jurists have commissioned a … Continue reading →

The American Civil Liberties Union, PEN American Center and Statewatch invite you to join experts from the US and UK at Garden Court Chambers on 31 May 2009 for a discussion of mass surveillance, its implications, and challenges to government … Continue reading →

‘Fish rot from the head first’. The stink arising from the outright corruption, outright thievery – to give it its proper name – from the ‘public purse’, by the overwhelming majority of ‘dis-honourable members’ of the House of Commons presents … Continue reading →

By Samuel BrittanPublished: April 30 2009 19:44 Last updated: April 30 2009 19:44 Capitalism is not a system that some government decided to install, as the Soviet leaders did with “socialism”. It evolved over many years. Once established, governments of … Continue reading →