Posted in China, Human Rights, Political, UK politics, US Politics, World on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Amnesty International has released it’s report on the use of the Death Penalty across the globe during the year 2007. It estimates that official executions claimed the lives of 1252 individuals with the largest amount of executions taking place in the People’s Republic of China. The official count in China stands at least 470 but [...]
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, Economy, Events, Free Market, Freedom of Speech, Government, Human Rights, Political, UK politics, democracy, rant, tagged Beijing Olympics on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to write a post about the protests that have taken place around the world as the olympic torch has been carried from nation to nation in a badly judged public relations exercise by the Chinese Administration.
When I got plane to return to the UK I saw the scenes that greeted the Olympic relay [...]
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, UK politics, Uncategorized, tagged Beijing Olympics on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Amnesty International has released a report which claims that Human Rights in China have not been furthered by the oncoming Olympic Games but have actually worsened as dissidents and activists face severe repression in an attempt by the Chinese Authorities to present a united and harmonious front for their games.
The organisation has called for the [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Freedom, Government, Human Rights, Labour, Police, Political, UK politics, democracy, tagged ID cards, Labour Party on January 9, 2008 | No Comments »
The decision to introduce a National Identity Scheme was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 17 May 2005. The Identity Cards Act received royal assent, becoming law, on 30 March 2006. The introduction of biometric residence permits for foreign nationals in 2008 and the first ID cards to be issued to British citizens in will [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Government, Human Rights, Justice, Labour, Political, UK politics, tagged Bill of Rights, David Cameron on October 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Proving that people can be bought by a good perfomance (and I know this is true, you just wouldn’t believe) various polls have now shown Labours lead in the polls to have been cut drastically, with one poll by the Guardian putting Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck at 38%
As pressure mounts on Gordon [...]
Posted in Censorship, China, Freedom of Information, Human Rights on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m often amazed at how quickly nations pick themselves back up after the worst humiliations of war, genocide, famine and near to total destruction; it speaks volumes about the innate resilience of the human race.
You have to consider when terrible things take place the challenges to a population to move on and get on must [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Events, Government, Human Rights, Political, Terrorism, War, democracy on July 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Such is the description of Primeminister Gordon Brown by a prominent political ally when questioned by Times Journalist Tim Hames and it would seem from the PM’s response the the failed terror attacks of the past few days that Mr Brown is indeed maintaining such a facade.
It is to his credit that he is urging [...]
