About Nicholas Mercer

The Reverend Nicholas Mercer (formerly Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Mercer) was the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2011-2012 for integrity and courage in the face of dissembling and denial of human rights abuses by British forces in Iraq.

Articles by Nicholas Mercer

Cruel Britannia: a secret history of torture

The hidden story of Britain's torture record has been told for the first time, a hand grenade into the heart of the establishment.

This week's guest editors

openGlobalRights editors

Our guest editors James Ron, Leslie Vinjamuri, Sophie Arie and Archana Pandya introduce this week's theme of:

Emerging powers and human rights.

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