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Apr 19 2013 6:22PM
Who wants to be a death row record breaker?

Okay, confession time - I’m a Guinness World Record holder. I was part of the world’s largest coconut orchestra in Trafalgar Square in 2007, and along with 5,566 other people, clip-clopped my way into the record books with a rendition...

Apr 19 2013 5:02PM
Good news! Indian Supreme Court hands decision on Vedanta mine to Indigenous community

Our Business and Human Rights Advisor Paul Eagle reflects on a landmark ruling by the India Supreme Court which puts the decision about whether or not Vedanta can open a mine into the hands of the local Indigenous community. After many...

Apr 19 2013 4:00PM
Speaking out – learning the language of Human Rights

I was at a meeting this week with the SHRC to discuss SNAP. The next day I was at the CPG on HR discussing Climate Justice and yesterday I talked about SGT with SG at VQ. Yes, I've arrived, I now speak human rights! What that means is...

Apr 19 2013 6:25AM
Chinese Authorities Must Release Activists, End Escalating Crackdown on Free Expression

Chinese Authorities Must Release Activists, End Escalating Crackdown on Free Expression on Apr 19, 2013 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 19 2013) – Police in China have begun detaining activists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens in...

Apr 19 2013 6:20AM
[CHRB] Courts Sentence 12 Tibetans on Trumped-up Charges (April 11-18, 2013)

[CHRB] Courts Sentence 12 Tibetans on Trumped-up Charges (April 11-18, 2013) on Apr 18, 2013 China Human Rights Briefing April 11-18, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Qinghai Courts Sentence 12 Tibetans for “Inciting Splittism,”...