I’ve just uploaded a copy of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research report for NATO on "NATO & Nuclear Disarmament – An Analysis of the Obligations of the NATO Allies of the United States under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" (2003) http://cid-e853ab142560c964.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/IEER-NATO-NPT-REPORT.pdf

http://cid-e853ab142560c964.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/aitken_rep.pdf The Ministry of Defence has today released details of the report by Brigadier Robert Aitken that sets out the Army’s response to cases of abuse and unlawful killing of civilians in Iraq in 2003 and the early part of 2004.

Peter Hain could face a police investigation into his failure to declare £103,000 donated to his deputy leadership campaign. The Electoral Commission is beginning its investigations into Mr Hain’s non-declaration of donation he received after May last year, with preliminary findings expected by the end of the week. And although Continue Reading

The police’s powers to stop and search people will be extended, in a bid to tackle rising gun and knife crime, the home secretary is set to announce. This follows a review on policing by Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who recommended paperwork be radically cut down to allow police officers more Continue Reading

Tuesday, January 22, 2008    The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the "imminent" spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new NATO by five of the west’s most senior military officers and Continue Reading

Jack Straw the Justice Secretary unveiled the new structure for the Ministry of Justice that will come into effect from the 1st April. The Ministry, originally formed in 2007, brought together The Department for Constitutional Affairs and the National Offender Management Service (then a part of the Home Office) and Continue Reading

The Government has today published a review of voting systems which examines the experiences of the different forms of elections introduced over the last ten years in the UK.  This major review assesses elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly, and those to the European Parliament, London Continue Reading

Amnesty International is calling for it’s members to act now and call for protection of nine Kenyan rights activists who have received serious death threats. For more information and ways to take action please follow the link below to the UK Amnesty International website: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17628