Guardian Professional,20 Oct 2014: Sarah Labowitz: With no figure on how many Bangladeshi factories produce for the export market and no commitments made to funding factory upgrades, the Bangladesh Accord is a long way from success
20 Oct 2014: Maryam al-Khawaja: Activists are being tortured and imprisoned for speaking freely. We need international pressure on Bahrain’s allies: the UK and US
17 Oct 2014:
The government’s refusal to reveal when lawyers’ and journalists’ communications can be intercepted is central to claim brought on behalf of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and Sami al-Saadi
16 Oct 2014:
Lawmakers have voted in favour of introducing a tougher version of Moscow’s controversial law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’. EurasiaNet.org reports
Guardian ProfessionalAlan Roberts: the next challenge is to finalise and implement corrective plans and ensure brands stay committed to protecting worker safety
Azadeh Moaveni: Ghoncheh Ghavami’s imprisonment shows how Tehran’s hardliners deal with dissent. If the west cares, it must be consistent in complaining