What we say

"We call on writers, actors, musicians, teachers and campaigners to join with us to ensure that this anniversary is used to promote peace and international co-operation."

What David Cameron says

"I want a commemoration that captures our national spirit ... that, like the Diamond Jubilee celebrated this year, says something about who we are as a people."

Open letter from Jude Law, Ken Loach, Antony Gormley, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Brian Eno and many more writers, actors, artists, musicians. Read here and add your name....

"All settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law." - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Jaradat had been pummelled by repeated blows to his chest and body and had sustained a total of six broken bones in his spine, arms and legs.

Human rights are a litmus test for democracy, but contrary to what Iraqis had hoped for – the "liberators" have actually set the conditions for the continuity of injustice.

"Argo", says Ben Affleck, is "a tribute" to the "extraordinary, honorable people at the CIA" -- currently waging an illegal, immoral, unregulated and expanding drone execution program.

Afghans say US forces behind these crimes like murdering and torturing and harassing people and are an elemental factor in the deteriorating security situation.

The deadly duo should be sharing a cell in The Hague awaiting trial for war crimes, but as we see time and time again, victors' justice translates to no justice at all.

The Israel/Palestine conflict was played out at the Oscars -- the entertainment industry’s biggest gala of the year -- but how did Israeli youth react to '5 Broken Cameras'?

Conventional accounts blame the Taliban for the expansion of drug production, and claim opium funds insurgency. Julien Mercille shows the reality behind the failed 'war on drugs' in occupied Afghanistan.

Gazan fishermenThree months after the last major Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, the "period of calm" is only "calm" for Israel.

Since 2003 the EU has been involved in military missions in more than 19 countries on three continents and there is nothing benign about these missions.

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