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May 2 2013 10:59AM
El Salvador: Woman denied life-saving treatment

Update, 5 June After an agonising 14 week wait, Beatriz has finally had a the life-saving treatment she needed and has had a cesarean section in El Salvador. The foetus apparently was born, as predicted, with large parts of her head...

Apr 30 2013 3:57PM
Tackling rape as a weapon of war

Human rights breakthroughs are like buses, you wait ages for one… We’d barely recovered from the excitement of the Arms Trade Treaty vote at the United Nations on 2 April, when on 11 April, Foreign Secretary William Hague and the 7...

Apr 26 2013 11:58PM
Syria: Child held incommunicado

Ahmed Ismael al-‘Akkad, a sixteen-year-old Syrian boy has been held in detention since 20 November 2012. He suffers from chronic Asthma and has allegedly been ill-treated and denied medical treatment. The child was arrested when the...

Apr 26 2013 11:42AM
[CHRB] Responding to Quake, Activists Blocked by Authorities (4/19-25, 2013)

China Human Rights Briefing April 19-25, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Wave of Detentions in Several Cities Across China Reprisals Against Activists Chinese Authorities Restrict Activists Responding to Earthquake AIDS Protest...

Apr 25 2013 1:34PM
Tunisia: jailed for using Facebook

If you look back through your Facebook wall, have you ever had a moan about the Prime Minister? Criticised your MP? Given your thoughts on religion? Maybe even said you don't believe in a God? What about saying something that could...