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Oct 8 2007 2:29PM
Harmonious Society?

How does the Communist Party justify its power? The Communist Party propaganda slogan is Harmonious Society. How does the CCP set up its harmonious society? Political and civil rights are brutally suppressed by the CCP power. Li Heping...

Oct 6 2007 6:11PM
Bonus blog: Burma demo

Yes, a bonus blog today! Im just back from the big Burma demo in Trafalgar Square - a fantastic, moving event. The place was swathed in red: armbands, headbands, flags and plenty of Amnesty banners. Check my flickr pics here. There...

Oct 5 2007 2:14PM
Ironies and oddities

The decision by Burma’s military ruler to meet imprisoned democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi is so riddled with conditions that it makes me wonder if they really want to make that happen. It also seems slightly incongruous...

Oct 4 2007 2:39PM
Are vets more humane than doctors?

First do no harm. Thats the ethical code that doctors sign up to, so an execution chamber is a strange place to find them. As Amnesty shows in a new report out today , doctors, anaesthetists and other medical personnel have been using...

Oct 3 2007 3:05PM
Dr Brain strikes again

The brilliantly named Dr Brain is fronting a new drive from the police to crack down on sex traffickers - the criminals who literally buy and sell women and girls (occasionally men) into sexual slavery. Weve talked about this in...