Fighting war on human rights abuse

'THIS is where I'm meant to be. This is where I'm best. At 51, everything I've done has led to this point." As a summary of anyone's life so far, these three brief sentences might hint at either an enviable plateau of contentment or a touch of the messianic.

Neither applies to solicitor Phil Shiner. When he says this is where he is best he means fighting skirmishes on a broad front of human rights issues arising from the Iraq war while under fire from the government, the military and much of the media wh...