Gary Gibbon
Cameron off the naughty step with China
Pro-Tibet demonstrators were massively out-numbered by a well-planned bussed-in deluge of pro-regime supporters from all over the country.
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May says she may scrap human rights laws
From London to Scotland, from the Midlands to North Wales: it’s been a hectic last day of campaigning ahead of tomorrow’s election.
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May’s charm offensive in the Gulf
She’s the first woman ever to attend a summit of Gulf Arab states. Pursuing her charm offensive on countries outside the EU, Theresa May told the Gulf Co-operation Council she wanted to build on the trade and investment relationship between Britain and the Gulf
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Gary Gibbon
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Jon Snow
Human rights: weapons exports, floggings and extremism
On Friday, as Jewish shoppers were being held or murdered in a Paris Supermarket, Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, was being lashed fifty times in a public flogging in Saudi Arabia.
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Simon Israel
Tories under fire for plans to ditch human rights laws
The Conservatives say they will scrap Britain’s human rights bill – and bring in a new set of rules. But some leading Tories have condemned the plans, describing them as unworkable.
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Gay, pregnant and unmarried, or like a drink? Don't go to Brunei
Brunei may be small – but it is earning an over-sized reputation for brutality as it introduces Sharia law punishments for offences including pregnancy outside marriage and homosexual acts.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron in China: Chasing paper everywhere
We’ve flown west from the commercialism and flesh pots of smog-soaked Shanghai to Chengdu in Sechuan province for the final leg of David Cameron’s China trip, a 41-vehicle convoy from the airport. I think it might be a new record.
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Jonathan Miller
Commonwealth crisis: Canada pulls out of Sri Lanka summit
It’s been on the cards for months, now it’s official. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he will boycott next month’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka over serious human rights concerns.
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FactCheck: Will Europe scupper gay marriage plans?
Marriage in English law is still a fundamentally heterosexual activity: “The union of one man, with one woman, voluntarily entered into for life.” The Church of England happens to think it should stay that way.
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Jon Snow
Did Cameron's Saudi trip have to be so brief?
Jon Snow blogs on David Cameron’s recent low-profile visit to Saudi Arabia.
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FactCheck: Theresa May’s human wrongs
“That’s a worringly large proportion. There’s only one small problem. The numbers are completely wrong.”
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Jon Snow
Are the curtains of Number 10 safe from China's Mr Wen?
Jon Snow looks at the relationship between Britain and China as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits the UK.
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'China is different': Beijing's elite students open up
“I’m an individual, so how can you judge me by my government?”. Lindsey Hulsum is in Beijing, where she’s been talking to some of China’s elite students of international politics.
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Gary Gibbon
Trade before human rights for David Cameron in China?
David Cameron’s trip to China is a trade delegation first and last – and the Prime Minister will not want to be seen as lecturing the country on its human rights record, writes Gary Gibbon.
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Zimbabwe 'blood diamond' abuses uncovered
Hope comes from unexpected quarters. For the global diamond industry it comes from Zimbabwe, where massive diamond deposits have been identified in the last few years.