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Nov 4 2010 7:19AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  October 26-November 2, 2010

Highlights Elected Fujian Village Director Sentenced to 11 Years for Leading Fight Against Land Grabs: This week, the Jinjiang City Intermediate People’s Court in Fujian Province sentenced successful businessman-turned-village director...

Nov 4 2010 12:09AM
Kenyan tea leaf lay offs: multinationals kill jobs while government attacks unions

The TUC has complained to the Kenyan High Commissioner about worrying developments in the Kenyan tea industry. First, multinational companies introduced tea leaf picking machines that have destroyed a staggering 80,000 jobs. Second...

Nov 3 2010 2:01PM
Ashtiani: a death foretold but still preventable

Fears are once again mounting that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in Iran is about to be executed. As readers of this blog will know, this 43-year-old mother has been in grave danger of execution for months. Indeed she has become the world...

Nov 3 2010 8:52AM
Iran & Saudi Arabia Might sit at the new UN Women Exedcutive Committee

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

Nov 3 2010 8:48AM
Stop Iran to sit at the UN Women Executive Committee

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...