You might remember taking part earlier this year in one of our actions about freedom of expression in Azerbaijan , when the country hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. We were by no means the only ones to use that opportunity to shine...

Malala Yousufzai is fifteen. Right now, she’s in a Birmingham hospital. It’s probably safe to say she’s the only patient in there being treated for bullet wounds sustained from an assassination attempt by the Taliban. But Malala...

China Human Rights Briefing November 3-8, 2012 Contents Harassment of Activists • Shanghai Authorities Detain, Punish Activists Around Party Congress Freedom of Information • Gansu Authorities Impose Information Blockade, Other...

The Chinese authorities must immediately release prominent women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, who has been sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Mao Hengfeng is a relentless...

Arbitrary Detention Cao Haibo, Founder of Online Democracy Discussion Group, Sentenced to 8 Years for “Subversion” In another case of political persecution of free speech, Cao Haibo (曹海波), a manager of an Internet café in Yunnan...