Why Britain should support rather than undermine human rights.

Good piece. But wrongly states that Eritrea is "between Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia" - no border with Somalia or even Somaliland, Djibouti is in between..

#fb "credible probes into alleged crimes committed by both sides are an important step for justice and equality in post-conflict Sri Lanka."

Defence of the ECHR.

No comment necessary.

"Beijing’s ‘New Frontier’ is ground zero for the organ harvesting of political prisoners." - a horrible story.

"The Boycott Law is a double-edged sword that threatens to harm Israel’s international standing, and to play into the hands of those criticizing the quality of the country’s democracy."  - says the Speaker of the Knesset.

Labour Party adviser with extreme views on immigration dismissed as "over the top" and "simply not practicable" by leader of hard right Migration Watch thinktank.

Professor Miller said that such a reform would do no more than to bring the UK into line with countries including Canada, Australia, France, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and many others. He added that the UK Government could and should have resolved this issue several years ago. In being allowed by the European Court of Human Rights a further…

What I do know is that a society that makes a virtue of illiberal behaviour will treat its citizens illiberally; a culture that demands injustice in the name of common sense will perpetrate injustices.  I know that a citizenry that puts all of its faith in infantile concepts like force and "common sense" will receive plenty of the former…