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Jun 23 2011 12:48PM
Refugee Week

This was the speech by John Wilkes of the Scottish Refugee Council at the launch of Refugee Week 2011. We liked it so much we asked for permission to reproduce it here…… On behalf of everyone at Scottish Refugee Council I am delighted...

Jun 23 2011 10:44AM
A partial list of disappeared individuals under the Chinese regime (23 June 2011)

Hundreds of people have been detained, arrested, or ‘disappeared’ by the Chinese regimesince February. The list also includes Tibetan, Uighur and Chinese prisoners ofconscience whose situation has worsened in the recent crackdown...

Jun 22 2011 9:22PM
China Human Rights Briefing  June 16-21, 2011

Highlights Activist Yao Lifa Goes Missing After Increased Harassment: CHRD has learned that democracy activist Yao Lifa ( 姚立法 ) , from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, went missing on June 20. Yao, who has been advising voters and...

Jun 22 2011 4:08PM
Ivory Towers...? Not quite

The fighting has subsided, the television news crews have departed and to the casual observer normality has returned to the West African state of Ivory Coast. Given the ongoing unrest and turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, it...

Jun 22 2011 12:00PM
Facebook spamming - the latest craze in Syria

If you’ve been following us on Facebook or Twitter for the past few months, you’ll have spotted our concerns for the people of Syria keeps growing. From our in-depth report of the crackdown in Tell-Kalakh (our very own Neil Durkin...