cluster bombs
- 23 May 2008
ByMark GarlascoBritain, pushed by the US, is trying to insert a massive loophole in the treaty banning cluster weapons. Mark Garlasco reports.
- 24 Apr 2008ByHuman Rights Watch
The UK government should abandon its insistence on exempting certain weapons from the new cluster munitions treaty, says Human Rights Watch.
- 05 Feb 2008By
At the end of last year, I was invited to write a guest editorial for the excellent Friends of Lebanon society. F.O.L. is a London based group, without any political or religious affiliation, whose aim is simply to work towards a better and more peaceful Lebanon.
- 23 Dec 2007ByJohann Hari
Children are particularly fond of picking them up, writes Johann Hari, since they look like brightly-coloured toys.
- 09 Dec 2007By
Ahead of a conference in Vienna this week, aimed at hammering out a ban on cluster bombs, the government has once again reneged on its commitment to a ban on these weapons that, in the words of Gordon Brown, “cause unacceptable harm to civilians”.