Innocent Voices Speak Out The impact of harassment and prison on the children of human rights campaigners Saba Vasefi " Asieh Amini, journalist and human rights activist once said: ”Our children aren’t civil activists or political...

Following Guido Fawkes’ little blaze (ahem) of publicity with his “bring back hanging” e-petition campaign, there’s been a lot of stuff (including from him) about the supposed “deterrence” of having a noose in the criminal justice...

This is Iran, where every enjoyable activity either in the public or in private is considered a "threat to the national security" and forbidden. According to the Guardian and other media, a group of youth organised a water pistol feast...

For a company whose logo is the shell of a giant clam, a marine and freshwater creature millions of years old, it's ironic that Royal Dutch Shell is so cavalier about the pollution of watercourses that its operations frequently cause...

The Chinese Government MustRespect Human Rights in Handling the Wenzhou TrainCrash Readthis statement on the CHRD website here (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 3,2011) The Chinese government’s handling of the Wenzhouhigh-speed...