Friends and supporters share anxiety over the safety of Buddhist monk who made South Yorkshire his home after seeking refuge from persecution in his native Bangladesh.
Sheffield campaigners continue to work to secure release of Sushilananda Sraman from detention.
A report by Prof Alexis Jay has exposed shocking abuse and exploitation of 1,400 children as young as 11, over 16 years, in Rotherham, describing 'blatant' collective failures of the care system, police and local politicians. A leading social worker holds the government to account.
The criminal justice system, not women's drinking, is to blame for low conviction rates.
If you want to know what the Soviet Union was like, go to Belarus.
A Buddhist monk who made South Yorkshire his home after seeking refuge from persecution in his native Bangladesh is facing immediate deportation from the UK.
Pacifism is incompatible with patriotism in today’s Russia. на русском языке
The military-backed authorities in Egypt refused entry this week to two top officials of Human Rights Watch, seeking to launch their report on the massacre a year ago in Cairo. They blocked the messengers but they may have more trouble blocking the message.
G4S, the UK government outsourcer that supports Israeli security services on the West Bank, will serve Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
In Azerbaijan, prominent human rights defenders are being arrested; and NGOs raided. ‘Caviar diplomacy’ covers it all up.
In a ruling described by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as “landmark”, the European Court of Human Rights has passed excoriating judgment on the US “war on terror” following the attacks of 2001.
The UK government seems immune to criticism of its hostile approach to immigration, but the decision to return home for any migrant is not a simple one. Rather than obscuring evidence, the government must be transparent about what really constitutes a solution.
