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Nov 11 2010 3:04PM
Chinese whispers

I don’t know if you noticed, but David Cameron popped over to China this week. His stated mission was to improve trade links between the two countries and garner profitable business deals for UK companies. Whilst he was at it though...

Nov 11 2010 12:15PM
UK academics urge Colombians to release political prisoner

More than a thousand academics in the UK have signed a letter calling for the release of a Colombian academic , Dr Miguel Angel Beltran. There are thought to be more than five thousand political prisoners in Colombia according to...

Nov 11 2010 2:30AM
Nobel Laureate Languishes in Prison, Police Harassment of Activists Rages On

One Month afterNobel Announcement, CHRD Urgesthe Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo (Chinese Human RightsDefenders- November 8, 2010) One month after theNorwegian Nobel Committeeannounced its decision to award the 2010 Nobel...

Nov 11 2010 2:26AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  November 3-9, 2010

Highlights One Month after Nobel Prize Announcement, Pressure on Activists Continues: The nationwide police mobilization which began on October 8 showed no sign of slowing as CHRD continued to receive reports this week of civil society...

Nov 10 2010 11:13PM
Immigration detention of children must end

The Coalition Agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats published in May 2010 stated: We will end the detention of children for immigration purposes. This was a very welcome and important policy statement – the...