Earlier this month, MSP Roseanna Cunningham (SNP) sponsored a human rights debate requesting an 'elevated' discussion on promoting and protecting human rights in Scotland, Europe and the wider world. I am pleased to report that the...

China Human Rights Briefing February 16-21, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Activist Who Assisted Petitioners in Beijing Given 15 Months of RTL Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Activist Held Incommunicado for Past Five Months Forced...

Mao Hengfeng, a human rights defender in China, was sentenced to ‘Re-education Through Labour’ on 30 October 2012. It was the latest in a series of detentions dating back to 2004 because of her work standing up for human rights. The...

Pussy Riot had only been in existence for four months when, a year ago today, some of the group’s members walked through the doors of Moscow’s main Orthodox Cathedral. They were to perform a stunt that would propel the feminist punk...

UA 46/13 19 February 2013 URGENT ACTION AFR 54/005/2013 SUDANESE WOMEN HELD WITHOUT TRIAL SUDAN 32 Sudanese women detained in Al-Obeid prison (f) More than 30 Sudanese women have been detained arbitrarily without access to a lawyer...