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Apr 10 2011 9:00AM
Looking for the missing sunflower seeds

On Saturday 9 April, London-based artists, writers andactivists spread a thousand of posters of 'Free Ai Weiwei' at Tate Modern on the artist's installation of a billion of sunflower seeds. Later, they invited 50 volunteers to read out...

Apr 8 2011 11:52PM
International Roma Day - 8th April 2011

Today isInternational Roma Day and a good time to reflect on the plight of the Roma inEurope and Amnesty’s work on the rights of Roma. Amnesty has been campaigning onthe rights of Roma as part of the Demand Dignity campaign, focussing...

Apr 8 2011 7:02PM
Where are the Ramadan brothers?

As I've said before when blogging on these pages, the emotional upheaval of dealing with the fact that a loved one has disappeared must be horrendous. Really horrendous. I usually find even those clips of distraught family members...

Apr 8 2011 12:02PM
Nian Nian Bu Wang (Read Read Dont Forget)

London-based artists and activists look for AiWeiwei and all those disappeared by the Chinese regime Time: Saturday 9 April, 2pm Venue: on the lawn outside the river side entranceof Tate Modern A group of London-based artists and...

Apr 7 2011 1:36PM
Belgrades Roma kicked out of their homes

Roma families are being kicked out of their homes to make way for the development of Belgrade, according to a new report that we launched today from the Serbian capital, ahead of tomorrow’s International Roma Day. Roma are...