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Mar 31 2011 11:04AM
Escalating Crackdown Following Call for Jasmine Revolution in China

InternationalCommunity Must Take Strong andClear Stance Condemning RightsViolations by theChinese Government (Chinese Human RightsDefenders, March 31,2011) – The Chinese government hascriminally detained a total of 26individuals...

Mar 30 2011 5:49PM
Boundary dispute

Is sport imitating life, or life imitating sport? How much did you pay for your ticket? And, perhaps the most important question of all, who’s going to win? As Asia’s goliaths of cricket square up on the pitch, the recent animosity and...

Mar 30 2011 12:00PM
The fight for Troy goes on

Our campaign for Troy Davis suffered a major setback this week with the news that the US Supreme Court has rejected his appeal . At the realisation that Troy – who has been on death row for over 19 years and has already had an...

Mar 29 2011 5:58PM
The extraordinary affair of Iman al-Obeidi

Ever since Saturday when she burst into a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, the world’s media has been riveted. Iman al-Obeidi , a previously unknown but apparently fearless Libyan woman, had the nerve to barge into a government...

Mar 29 2011 1:57PM
Impunity, a film about Colombia, showing in London

Impunity , a film about Colombia, was shown 29 March and will be shown on 31 March in London as part of the Human Rights Watch film festival.