Archive for June, 2006
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
"The [USA] should take immediate measures to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by its military or civilian personnel, in any territory under its jurisdiction"
UN Committee against Torture
"Since AI started highlighting specific cases of Guantanamo detainees, 16 of them have been released from US detention. Of those ...
Posted in Guantanamo, Human Rights, News & info, Torture, Torture Awareness Month, USA | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
June is Torture Awareness Month
I will be covering this topic in-depth this month - i've quite a few things saved up from the last issue of the Amnesty International magazine - and also this Bloggers Against Torture initiative has spurred me on some more. If you are a blogger, please ...
Posted in Blogging, Human Rights, Torture Awareness Month, civil society | No Comments »
Monday, June 5th, 2006
the Downing Street website aka tony's portal will be broadcasting an 'exclusive interview' with the Prime Minister tomorrow - and stop press! you will be able to ask him questions."The new forum is open to anyone and is an opportunity for the public to challenge the PM on any subject ...
Posted in Democracy, News & info, british politics, civil society, e-government, tony blair | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
I've been following the collaborative blog Pickled Politics for a while and I now am contributing through my own diary page on the site - the oh-so-creatively named ..Sonia's Diary.
Incidentally, Pickled Politics has been nominated for the New Statesman's New Media Awards 2006 - under the 'Contributing to Civic Society' ...
Posted in Blogging, Global Civil Society, Media, News & info, UK | No Comments »