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Oct 4 2013 6:18PM
Bahrain: Child protesters given 10 years in prison

Jehad Sadeq ‘Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad, two 16-year-old Bahraini boys, have had their 10-year prison sentences upheld by the High Criminal Court of Appeal. The two children had been convicted under articles of the...

Oct 4 2013 5:07PM
Herman Wallace: Justice deferred to the end

Herman’s only solace is that today he died a free man. Herman Wallace spent over 41 years in solitary confinement in prison in Louisiana, and today, at 71 years old, he finally passed away after losing his battle with liver cancer. A...

Oct 3 2013 5:33PM
[CHRB] Missing Activist Cao Shunli Reportedly Detained on Order of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (9/26-10/2, 2013)

China Human Rights Briefing September 26-October 2, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly & Association Activist Cao Shunli Reportedly Under Criminal Detention on Order of Ministry of Foreign...

Oct 3 2013 11:52AM
Bahrain authorities arrest yet another child

Sayed Hassan Sayed Mohammad Shubbar, a 14-year-old Bahraini boy, has been arrested and the Public Prosecution has extended his detention pending investigation. He is currently being held in a juvenile detention centre and has...

Oct 2 2013 11:32AM
Herman is free

Update, 4 October : After just days of freedom, Herman Wallace sadly passed away this morning. Our only solace is that he died a free man . It’s Wednesday morning and I’m writing the words I always hoped, but never thought, I would...