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Jan 24 2013 12:47PM
Save Li Yan: denied protection from abuse – now facing execution

Tweet A woman who killed her violent husband after months of abuse faces imminent execution after exhausting all appeals. Li Yan, aged 41 - whose repeated calls to the police for protection were ignored – could be put to death at any...

Jan 22 2013 7:44PM
No: a film about Chile in the time of Pinochet

No, I have to say that I have not seen it yet, this film called No . Have you? Gael García Bernal (who I remember in the Motorcycle Diaries, about a journey by a young Che Guevara) stars as an advertising executive in Pablo Larraín’s...

Jan 21 2013 11:59AM
King 1963: I have a dream. Obama 2013: I have a drone

In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and gave his famous " I have a dream " speech. Today, fifty years on, in tribute to the great civil rights leader, the US marks Martin Luther...

Jan 19 2013 10:49PM
Free Iranian trade unionist to see his sick daughter

UPDATE: this evening we've heard that Behnam has been released on bail. Jailed Iranian trade unionist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh is requesting an emergency release as his 13-year old son, Nima, his only child, who has very recently been...

Jan 18 2013 12:57PM
Professor Forcibly Committed to Psychiatric Hospital Vows to Sue Under New Mental Health Law

China Human Rights Briefing January 12-17, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Guizhou Activist Tortured During Lengthy Interrogation In Test Case to New Mental Health Law, Professor...