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...

Update 11/10/2013: Ni Yulan was released from prison on 5 October. She has been reunited with her family including her husband, Dong Jiqin. She plans to sue Beijing's Xicheng District Public Security Bureau for holding her and her...

We’re winning! That’s not a claim you may hear too often from human rights activists, but in the case of the global struggle against the death penalty, it’s true. The momentum around the world is towards ending executions. The vast...