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Repeated evidence of shredded, damaged and missing government records Civil servants working in government offices have gross deficiencies when it comes to keeping important files safe. This level of extraordinary incompetence which seems to be common practice would ensure that most ordinary … Continue reading →

Guest blog from Abdul Hamid Faruki who has participated in a humanitarian aid convoy from the UK to Gaza Children waiting for food at Internally Displaced Persons Camp Pakistan (DAWN) Ramadhan Mubarak, A month of many sacrifices, sacrifices of personal … Continue reading →

  ” We will never surrender” We will never surrender, If we strive, We will grind the sand to eat, If we are thirsty, We will drink the sea water, If we are homeless, We will make the earth our … Continue reading →

    Republished as part of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26th June 2014 (first appeared in Asia Despatch, 2011) Sami (not his real name to protect his confidentiality) turned 50 this year. He has resided in Britain … Continue reading →

         Chargossians involved in years of protest at their island being used as an airbase The other day on Twitter I suddenly received several tweets from “Rewilding Britain” hailing the merits of the Chagos Islands as a marine … Continue reading →

    Bowe waiting for helicopter and walking to freedom Earlier this week I covered the story of the lead up to American Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, prisoner of the Taliban being released after 5 years in captivity and the exchange … Continue reading →

  Justice for the Craigavon Two Statement 29/05/14 “Today the British appeal court made a shocking decision in the case of Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton (The Craigavon Two) by dismissing their appeals against their life sentence convictions for … Continue reading →

     Posters read “General, you are reminding us 1971” and “Allow international media to North Waziristan” Islamabad, 24th May 2014, Pashtun students Council, Quaid e Azam University. Islamabad held a Protest today against indiscriminate shelling by Army on innocent … Continue reading →

Mohmand Taliban media Mohmand Agency Taliban have claimed responsibility for an IED blast which hit a Pakistan army convoy in the Pandiali region of Mohmand agency yesterday morning, killing 6 soldiers and wounding others. They also accepted responsibility for a further blast … Continue reading →