13/10/2010   Scientists call for axe to fall on Nuclear Weapons Research

36 scientists including ex-Royal Society head Sir Michael Atiyah and Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto have called on the Prime Minister to protect core scientific research by cutting development in new nuclear weapons. £2bn a year, over 25% of the government’s total scientific R&D budget, is currently spent by the MoD.

 04/10/2010   Elders commit to ending child marriage

Six of the eight Millenium Development Goals are directly affected by the prevalence of child marriage. In the developing world, one in three girls is married before she is 18 and one in seven before she is 15. This not only harms the young brides, but also impedes the development of their communities and societies as a whole.

 04/10/2010   Is the Digital Economy Act a blank cheque for extortion?

ACS:Law have wrongly accused thousands of internet users for breach of copyright, and those accusations have been exposed along with vast amounts of leaked personal data. They are now considering using the Digital Economy Act to pursue “adult” file-sharers.
22/09/2010   Lib Dems vote against UK arms sales

The Liberal Democrat party conference voted to include an “end to Government promotion of and support for the arms trade including shutting the export promotion unit, the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation” (UKTI DSO) and ending export credits for military goods” in the party’s policy on international development.

 06/08/2010   Add your photo for Burma's political prisoners

The ArchThe Arch‘Please use your liberty to promote ours’ says Aung San Suu Kyi. Upload your photo to the collection which Amnesty will take to Brussels for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on October 4th-5th, demanding freedom for political prisoners and real human rights improvements across Burma.

 02/08/2010   Fight Factory Farming!

Animal and environment groups warn that US-style factory farms are being considered by Lincolnshire County Council. Factory farming relies on huge quantities of imported feed from areas where rainforests are under increasing threat. Cows are kept inside all year round, and industrialised milk production threatens organic dairy farms.
23/07/2010   UKBA accused of intimidating campaigners

Anne McLaughlin MSP has formally complained to the UKBA over their “threatening behaviour” against campaigners opposing the deportation of Florence Mhango and her 10 year old daughter Precious to Malawi. They have become a much loved part of the community in Glasgow since Florence left her violent husband 7 years ago.

 12/07/2010   County Mayo Activists oppose Shell's raw gas pipeline

Mass opposition is ramping up against Shell’s €100m tunnel linking an offshore pipeline with a gas refinery, avoiding land where local activists were jailed 5 years ago. Shell is planning up to 80 boreholes to survey the Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary, part of the Broadhaven Bay Special Area of Conservation. The operation will disturb Atlantic salmon, otters & birds found on the intertidal areas.

 05/07/2010   Internet rights defenders take a stance in Pakistan

Defenders of internet freedom in PakistanDefenders of internet freedom in PakistanInternet rights activists Bytes For All have obtained a confidential policy document revealing new government guidelines designed to filter any internet content the government considers “objectionable”. These draft powers will “cripple Pakistani citizens’ access to information and freedom of expression.”