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Apr 3 2012 4:51PM
Newsnight on 3 April reports from Burma

Newsnight on 3 April 2012 included a report by Sue Lloyd Roberts from Kachin in Burma. How pleased with the election result should we be or is there still a long way to go before Burma is democratic? You can read Sue Lloyd Robert's...

Apr 2 2012 10:08PM
Writers in Prison (2)

Protesting against the organizers of the London Book Fair 2012 who have not featured in their programme any writers imprisoned by the Chinese regime, this blog will be highlighting one such writer every day leading to the book fair...

Apr 2 2012 12:00PM
Running Scared: How Eurovision can end a human rights abuse in Azerbaijan

Update, Tuesday 3 April Thank you - hundreds of you have tweeted and facebooked our messages, and it's prompted the European Broadcasting Union to tweet about their position on media freedom in Azerbaijan. But we are concerned that the...

Apr 1 2012 5:43PM
Writers in Prison (1)

Protesting against the organizers of the London Book Fair 2012 who have not featured in their programme any writers imprisoned by the Chinese regime, this blog will be highlighting one such writer every day leading to the book fair...

Mar 30 2012 6:07PM
Jailed after listening to hip hop

On Christmas Day 2010, brothers Antonio Michel and Marcos Máiquel Lima Cruz were arrested during a private party at their home in Cuba. Their crime? Listening to an underground hip hop group whose lyrics criticise the government, and...