China Human Rights Briefing February 22-28, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Former Cops-Turned-Petitioners Seized in Beijing, Held in Black Jail Freedom of Peaceful Assembly & Association Protesting North Korean Nuclear Test...

Next week is all about defending women’s human rights. There’s International Women’s Day, big UN talks on eliminating violence against women at the Commission on the Status of Women , and the launch of our exciting new campaign on...

“The police said if we went back into the house they were going to shoot us.” Friday Ogunyemi woke up on Saturday 23 February 2013 oblivious to the fact that he and his family would be made homeless that morning and would have to spend...

As we launch a new action calling on MPs to endorse a robust Arms Trade Treaty, Labour & Co-operative MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun Cathy Jamieson pledges her support. At least one person dies every minute as a result of armed violence...

Please find below links to an article I wrote for Scotland On Sunday - published yesterday - about a controversial business deal between a public body in Scotland and the government of Bahrain. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on...