On 16 December a 23-year-old paramedic student was raped on a moving bus in Delhi, by six heavily drunk men who brutalized and tortured the victim for about an hour, and then threw her out from the moving bus. After struggling for her life in a Singapore hospital for many days, she succumbed to her injuries and died. The incident has triggered a tsunami of protests not just in the…

Thursday, 22/11/2012, President Mohamed Morsi issued a constitutional declaration that included the re-trial of those who killed rebels (of the revolution), the looking after the casualties of the revolution, the protection of the Constituent Assembly and the Shura Council against dissolution, and - for a period of no more than two months - to give immunity to the president's decisions from being reversed, as well as the dismissal of the…

I was on the phone speaking to someone in Nigeria and in the middle of the conversation, they asked about the news regarding Jimmy Savile. Oh dear, it seems the Jimmy Savile fiasco is now global news. The past few weeks have seen a UK ‘national treasure' go from hero to zero. National treasure is used to refer to someone who is much loved, revered and respected in the UK.…

Mohammed Morsi, President of Egypt, spent his 100th day as president of Egypt in the United States of America at the United Nations General Assembly. Mohammed Morsi was sworn in as president of Egypt on the Saturday 30th June 2012 with much pomp and fanfare. His electoral victory was a unique moment in the recent history of Egypt. Mohammed Morsi was elected by the people, something none of his predecessors…