The cover of a new Amnesty report (out today) on Tunisia features a photo (above) of a huge crowd in Tunis on 14 January, the day the president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali exited the country for his bolt-hole in Saudi Arabia. Apart from a...

The UN Security Council, so often criticised for putting politics before principles and failing to take decisive action, has done the right thing by imposing a strong arms embargo on Libya. Sales and transfers of a wide range of...

How far, how much, how long? Mr Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran's former prime minister of 8 years, especially during the Iran-Iraq war and the official presidential candidate, and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, university professor, sculpturer...

(Chinese Human RightsDefenders, February 25, 2011)Only a few days after police began targeting humanrights defenders across thecountry in response to anonymous calls for “JasmineRevolution” protests, signsare emerging to indicate that...

Discontent is catching, that’s the fear. It seems to be a valid one. As one populace after another looks over at their neighbour, newly freed from the shackles of repressive government, and thinks I want that- it could be me...