http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/the-uk-should-put-bahrain-blood-before-oil/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/the-uk-should-put-bahrain-blood-before-oil/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:25:42 +0000 Rohan Jayasekera http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29255 Most international observers would agree with the UK Foreign Affairs Committee’s conclusion that the Foreign Office should have listed the Gulf island Kingdom of Bahrain as a ‘country of concern’ more than a year ago. Since February 2011 and the start of protests against state corruption and discrimination against Bahrain’s Shi’a majority populace, the government has driven a fierce crackdown on protesters, bloggers, civil society leaders and ordinary citizens caught up in the crisis.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/the-uk-should-put-bahrain-blood-before-oil/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/in-a-league-of-its-own-sport-and-human-rights/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/in-a-league-of-its-own-sport-and-human-rights/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:00:28 +0000 Martin Polley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25321 As London gets ready to host the Olympic Games and the Paralympics, it is not just sports stories that have been grabbing the headlines. Controversies are abounding, ranging from the politics of squad selection to the relevance of drugs bans, via missiles on the rooftops and the exclusive traffic lanes.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/in-a-league-of-its-own-sport-and-human-rights/feed/ 2