China Human Rights Briefing October 17 – 23, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Activists Arrested in Crackdown, Cao Shunli’s Detention Confirmed Another Journalist Detained for Exposing Corruption Clampdown Ramps Up on Peaceful...

Filep Karma is serving 15 years in prison after participating in an annual ceremony in Abepura in 2004, at which a Papuan independence flag was raised. The Morning Star flag is banned by the authorities as a symbol of Papuan...

Guest blog by Amnesty Scotland volunteer coordinator Risga Carson Student groups are a vital part of the work that we do. Active and enthusiastic, many of our members first started in these groups and continued a lifelong association...

Hani Abu Alian was executed by the Hamas de facto administration at the Jawazat police compound in Gaza City. He was executed despite serious concerns about the fairness of his trial, including allegations he was tortured to “confess”...

Last week I had the good fortune of meeting and introducing a remarkable woman in her late sixties or early seventies. She has spent 8 years of her life imprisoned in one of the darkest, most secretive prisons in the world today. But...