Lawyer Mohammed al-Roken is well-known in human rights circles in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – if you’ve been at the receiving end of the government repression that rears its head in the Emirates, you’ll want him defending you...

Journalist Gao Yu (高瑜), human rights lawyers Pu Zhiqiang 浦志强 and Tang Jingling (唐荆陵), signatories of Charter 08 could face harsher charges. # China # humanrightslawyer Pu Zhiqiang 浦志强 could face harsher charges: attorney http:// reut...

Asking someone to make a choice between rights is abhorrent. Yet, the harsh reality is that certain transgender people are forced to make such decisions if they wish to achieve legal recognition of their own sense of gender identity...

The human rights concerns I explore in ‘ Red Leaves ’ are ones that have always troubled me, but it seemed that NOW more than ever it was the time to tell a story for young people about the universal human right to have a home; a safe...

Updated on 24 November 2014 Activists in China have been detained for expressing support for the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. In total, 101 people have been detained since the Hong Kong protests began on 26 September. 50 remain in...