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Disingenuous Iran and Turkey are shedding crocodile tears over the plight of Palestinians in Gaza whilst perpetuating gross violations at home against their own citizens.

Democracy or Military Junta?

14th December.

The 10th Kurdish Political Party banned by Turkey

Zaynab Jalalian’s Letter to the world’s Conscience

3rd December.

On Death Penalty for political views in Iran

The Human Rights Act - to be or not to be?

17th November.

Surely a true Conservative must eschew change for change’s sake. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.


The Human Rights Act: will the Tories do away with it?

3rd November.

Frances Gibb provides a balance sheet on the Human Rights Act and a British Bill of Rights, facing down Conservative gestures of throwing away the Act and considers Keir Starmer’s recent highly politicized remarks defending the HRA

Stephen Sedley on constitutional moments

29th October.

What have The Wire, the unwritten constitution and the Human Rights Act all got in common? Cross-posted from the London Review of Books, Lord Justice Stephen Sedley reviews The New British Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor

Facing Prosecution for reading stories.

22nd October.

A 10 Year Old Kurdish girl faces prosecution in Turkey for reading Kurdish Stories