Kate Allen Quotes

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which more

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.

Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of more

Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of people without basic legal safeguards is a gross dereliction of responsibility on the part of both the U.S. and UK forces.

Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness more

Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness to abide by international human rights standards,

Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. more

Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. Above all they deserve justice.

As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, more

As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.

The hole in the wall is primarily to prevent babies from dying in the street.

The hole in the wall is primarily to prevent babies from dying in the street.

It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area,

It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area,

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We more

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We would rather have this than have a baby being abandoned in a rubbish dump.

What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others more

What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others concentrate on practical skills such as campaigning and lobbying. That's very valuable.

(Blue Valley) has a vision for being the best school district in the nation, ... I hope we can provide more

(Blue Valley) has a vision for being the best school district in the nation, ... I hope we can provide some kind of model. Not just for the metropolitan area but for the nation as a whole.