Last year, 252 disabled women reported rape to South Yorkshire Police but only three had their accused charged. What does the CPS think is going wrong? I wish I knew. Philippa Willitts* Content note: discussion of rape and sexual assault 252 disabled women told South Yorkshire Police that […]
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A campaign of ‘lambs’ to take back the country
The attempt to discredit the activists of the Revolución Ciudadana (RC) movement (the Citizen Revolution Movement) has become a symbol of pride and political identity with a great deal of creativity and tenderness. With a different tone and humour they have designed their electoral campaign in Ecuador in order to […]
“Colombia is a human rights priority for the UK”
Some days ago Lord Des Browne triggered a brief debate on Colombia in the House of Lords. The Colombian government’s talks with the ELN guerrillas were discussed in the chamber. The Minister of State for Overseas Territories of the UK, Lord Zac Goldsmith, said that “Colombia is a human rights […]
Spain: between the far-right and the ‘Latin American’ connection
In a few weeks’ time, conservative and Francoist nostalgia groups and those defending the rule of law and achievements in social justice, human rights and civil liberties will face each other in Spain. Miguel Ángel Ferris Correspondent in Paris A scenario in which the political centre has vanished […]
Sudanese exiles: Pariahs in their own land
Combat has caused the internal displacement of 3.7 million people, many of whom are now surviving on the fields of (west) Darfur, with a great humanitarian crisis that made more than 800,000 flee to countries like Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Any description of the tribulations that they have […]
















