A month ago, the Fijian military dictatorship expelled a mission from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) which included a member of the International Court of Justice because the regime rejected the mission's terms of...

Human Rights Briefing October 11-17, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Chen Kegui’s Case Sent to Procuratorate, Father Seeks Information Disclosure on Home Invasion • Artists in Beijing Detained After Calling for Abolition of RTL...

Forced evictions have been, and continue to be a routine practice among states and other actors in the international community. The practice is often initiated by a desire to acquire wealth, and a policy of zero tolerance is regularly...

Contents Arbitrary Detention Elderly Jiangsu Man Wrongfully Detained Over 4 Years for Murder Four Tibetans Given Harsh Prison Sentences After Secret Trials in Sichuan Harassment of Activists “Stability Maintenance” and Harassment...

70 year-old Wang Cuiyan lived in China’s Hubei province, in its capital city, Wuhan. On a morning in March 2010, her house was about to be destroyed. In fact, the 30 to 40 demolition workers on the job had ignored her pleas to stop the...