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Jul 1 2008 4:00PM
Coats for goal posts? Oh yes

Phew, that’s that out of the way then! The football. Now it’s just the tennis, the cricket (remainder of), the Olympics, the start of the new football season …. Your non-sport-loving correspondent didn’t watch any football these past...

Jun 30 2008 4:58PM
New China viral and appeal for detained cyber-dissident

We released the second of our viral animations on the China Olympics today, highlighting the repression of peaceful protesters (using the medium of cute animated animals). You can see and download the films, and get the code to embed...

Jun 30 2008 1:29PM
We are not alone

Some time ago I had a bit of a moan on this blog about the lack of a human rights culture in Scotland . Central to my gripe was the fact that while London has a number of human rights organisations ( Liberty , British Institute of...

Jun 27 2008 4:29PM
La vita italiana: integrazione, o no?

Just bought a car recently. (I’ve already mentioned my car in an earlier post – apologies bike-lovers!). Anyway, we’re getting rid of the clapped out left-hand drive Italian one (pictured) that we’ve been knocking about in for the last...

Jun 27 2008 11:50AM
Economic rights versus civil and political rights in Cuba

I have just read an article about how the first gay pride march in Cuba has been banned and the organisers arrested. I returned from Cuba on Monday where I was engaging with some members of the gay community about a documentary, which...