On Air: Your Questions to Irene Khan of Amnesty International

Irene writes :
“Exactly one year ago I was on World Have your Say.

All the talk was about Bush, Guantanamo and War on Terror. A year later, Bush is gone, Obama has announced the closure of Guantanamo and we are in the middle of an economic crisis and the G-20 is at the top table.

I think it isn’t just about the economy. The real problems are about inequality, insecurity, discrimination, racism and xenophobia – the world is facing a human rights crisis, not just an economic crisis.

On air: Why are minority appointments still an issue?

If everything goes to plan, America will soon have it first Hispanic Supreme Court judge. President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor, currently a US Appeals court judge, to take over from retiring Justice Souter.

Scientology: the debate continues

Ruth Gledhill, the Religion Correspondent of the Times newspaper very generously joined us for two hours on Tuesday’s programme on Scientology. Here’s her blog of the experience. Thanks Ruth! And if you missed it don’t forget you can download the podcast.

What’s wrong with killing animals?

It was just a mouthful, but the morsel of food that passed the Canadian governor general’s lips is making news around the world. Michaelle Jean helped butcher and eat a seal heart in an apparent act of solidarity with Canada’s native Inuit hunters  — and has won scores of praise and criticism in doing so.