I’ve just heard that Nabul Rajab, a human rights defender, is going on trial tomorrow for “publicly insulting official institutions”, with a possibility of three years in jail. I won’t say which country, in case someone is already collecting...

Today I’m going to be thankful, grateful and happy about the good things, instead of letting all the dark stuff mess with my brain. Instead of getting depressed about the way our government is treating asylum seekers (a source of great shame for our nation)...

One of my blog readers (hello, Claire!) sent me a link to a set of data, graphs etc about suicides in the USA. Have a look here:  http://www.socialworkdegreecenter.com/suicide-notes/ It makes for some interesting reading. It looks at the distribution of suicide...