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So U Win Tin is finally free. The 78-year old, Burmas longest serving political prisoner, had experienced harsh prison conditions for 19 years for calling for political change, but refused to accept an amnesty from the Government as to...

Or more precisely, who's responsible for the surprisingly athletic appearance of McGarry, host of the BBC's The Blame Game, in this pose take to publicise the Belfast live screening of the Secret Policeman's Ball ( 'when?', 'where?'...

Today marks 40 years since one of the worst cases of mass killing took place in Mexico City’s history – the Tlatelolco massacre. As Al-Jazeera English reports, the massacre occurred when hundreds of students took to the main square in...

Amnesty's survey of student attitudes on violence against women in Northern Ireland has set off a welcome media and blog debate about the Neanderthal views held by so many here towards women. The interest has been so great and I have...

Georgia and South Ossetia have slipped right off the news agenda – clearly not enough wealthy bankers there – but that doesn't mean everything’s hunky-dory. EU monitors started their mission there today , and already they’re having...