Kate Allen

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

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

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.

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

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