China Human Rights Briefing March 28-April 3, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Activists Detained After Staging Protest Calling for Leaders to Disclose Wealth Elderly Petitioner Held in Black Jail for 3 Months Special Notice Citing...

On 10 October 2012, a man pushed a gun into the chest of human rights defender Alfamir Castillo and told her that both she and her lawyer were going to die. You can help protect her now Alfamir’s son was murdered by the Colombian army...

On 18 March 2013, Alfredo Ruiz Rojas (23) and a teenager were shot and killed in disputed circumstances in the town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. They were killed by members of the Mexican Army near the Valles Elizondo neighbourhood, on the...

China Cites “State Secrets” in Rejecting Civil Society Participation in Universal Periodic Review (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 2, 2013) – The Chinese government must stop harassing and persecuting activists for requesting to...

I am pinching myself because I can hardly believe it is finally time to write these words, but for the first time ever (excuse the shouting): THE WORLD HAS GOT AN ARMS TRADE TREATY!! [cue lots of jumping around, yelping and hugging]...