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Apr 19 2012 3:10PM
Award-winning journalists targeted

Journalists are often key players in the human rights struggle. By turning a spotlight on injustice, they help expose abuses and draw attention to human rights issues. It is for this reason that many human rights and freedom of...

Apr 19 2012 1:01PM
China Human Rights Briefing April 11-17, 2012

Top News Petitioner reported rape by interceptor, police refuse to investigate:in one of the most egregious cases of violence against petitioners, Zhu Guiqin from Liaoning Province reported to CHRD that she was raped by a man...

Apr 18 2012 8:45AM
Protests give voice to Tibetan, Chinese and Uyghur writers at London Book Fair

Tibet Society's report on actions at London Book Fair http://www.tibetsociety.com/ content/view/267 Protests give voice to Tibetan, Chinese and Uyghur writers at London Book Fair [17 April] Tibetans were joined by Chinese and Uyghur...

Apr 17 2012 12:31PM
Chinese, Uyghurs, Tibetans and supporters protest at London Book Fair 2012

On the opening day of the 2012 London Book Fair, Liu Binjie, head of GAPP, cancelled his conference speech due to protests. The speech, including the punctuation, was read out on his behalf. The Chinese chair of the conference said:...

Apr 17 2012 9:39AM
Iran: workers' voices will not be silenced

The Iranian regime has jailed another trade unionist in its continuing, and unsuccessful, attempt to get workers to shut up about the repression and exploitation they suffer. Reza Shahabi, Treasurer of the bus workers' union in Tehran...