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Jul 30 2011 8:03PM
Join the founder of Run for Congo

Dear reader Run alongside Lisa Shannon , founder of Run for Congo Women and author of A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman , on 11th September in Hyde Park ! By taking part in our first ever 5k...

Jul 29 2011 9:40PM
AI URGENT ACTION: Chinese human rights activist facing trial

Human rights activist Wang Li hong was detained in Beijing, China on 21 April, and could face trial as soon as next month . The Supreme People’s P rocuratorate has not given her lawyer full access to documents related to her case. Wang...

Jul 29 2011 4:57PM
Death on the island

The tragic murder of the British newlywed couple, Ben and Catherine Mullany, honeymooning on the romantic island of Antigua three years ago, and sent outrage and shock across both islands. Three years on, and news of the conviction of...

Jul 28 2011 5:51PM
Ivory Coast troubles far from over

We’ve heard little or nothing about Ivory Coast in recent months so you may be forgiven for thinking that the country’s violence is over and Ivory Coast has become a stable cocoa-making, coffee-growing oasis of calm. Unfortunately, and...

Jul 28 2011 9:08AM
China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2011

Highlights Updates on Detentions and Disappearances Related to the “Jasmine Revolution” Crackdown: CHRD has learned that, around July 13, the case against lawyer Ni Yulan ( 倪玉兰 ) and her husband, Dong Jiqin ( 董继勤 ) , was transferred to...