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Feb 19 2010 10:17AM
Families of the 1980s massacres are at risk

In the 1980s and in the muddle of Iran-Iraq war Ayatollah Knomeini ordered the total wipe out of political prisoners. As a result and in a matter of few months thousands of prisoners were tried in a few minutes court appearances inside...

Feb 18 2010 3:39PM
Blogging about flogging

Three women (& four men) in Malaysia were flogged earlier this month – meaning whipped with a cane – after a Shariah court found them guilty of extramarital sex. The news came in a press conference from the Malaysian Home Minister...

Feb 18 2010 10:04AM
Channel 4 interview with a Basiji Militia

The Iranian delegation at the United Nations Comission for Human Rights declared last week, that Iran is a free country and the only democracy in the region. Mr Larijani said that no one has been tortured and assualted in the Iranian...

Feb 17 2010 4:17PM
A cluster of good news

It seems as though the government of Burkina Faso has been the bearer of good news twice in the last 10 days or so. It’s not often we say that about any country’s government. But their decision to ratify the international cluster...

Feb 17 2010 8:34AM
China Human Rights Briefing 16 February 2010

Headlines Guangxi Villagers Injured by Hired Criminals for Challenging Construction Project Detained Petitioner Suffers Allergic Reaction in Black Jail Netizens Create Postcards to Send to Imprisoned Activists for Chinese New Year...