Kate Allen

Someone, somewhere, is keeping a tally of the number of international meetings on the future of Afghanistan held since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. It won't be a small number.

The Nato summit in Chicago has, once again, been discussing Afghanistan's prospects, specifically security after international troop...

It barely got a mention in international news reports, but on Sunday, four civilians were killed in the Shah Wali Kot district in southern Kandahar province in Afghanistan. They died after their vehicle triggered an explosion from a roadside bomb. One of those killed was a child. At...

Syria is a sharp reminder of precisely why we need a strong arms trade treaty

The distressing scenes of ferocious and unrelenting military assaults on the Syrian city of Homs, are a sharp reminder that the world needs to have tougher controls on the arms trade, and urgently. Since protests...

The prime minister said in a speech last Thursday, that the Conservatives have always believed in social responsibility. He spoke of ushering in a new age, in which morals would govern markets, and transparency and accountability would permeate every aspect of trade, business and commerce.

In this utopian new age,...

When I was in Tahrir Square in April there were still banners in the square declaring "The army and the people are one". Those days are now long gone.

The severity of the security forces' response to demonstrators in Tahrir Square these past days has laid bare the huge...

When they spoke to Amnesty, many of the residents recounted the uncertainty that ruled their lives before they moved to Dale Farm - being moved from car parks to common grounds and fields, for a few months at a time. It was only after they moved to Dale Farm that...

In contrast to a response to the riots that says 'we must empower teachers to be more disciplinarian, this country is losing its moral fibre' we should use human rights to illustrate the power of liberation and order, rather than simply applying order until liberated from the school gates

In...

The system of forced removals from the UK - which was brought sharply into focus in October last year when Jimmy Mubenga died in tragic circumstances on a flight to Angola from Heathrow - is in need of radical reform.

Private security contractors carrying out forced removals...