Teresa Lewis is scheduled for execution on 23rd September in the state of Virginia. Take action to stop the execution here http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXP…...

In the past it’s been the gouging out of an eye or the extraction of a tooth. Now it’s the severing of spinal column. The Saudi justice system’s willingness to countenance extreme and cruel punishments is once again in the news after a...

Shiva Nazar Ahari, Iranian human rights activist has been in detention for over 8 months. She was detained along with Koohyar Goodarzi and a number of other human rights activists when they were on board a bus to go to Ghom, the...

Do you know someone who should be recognised for their work tackling violence against women? The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize is now accepting nominations http://www.emmahumphreys.org/default.htm . Individuals or groups can be...

Yesterday’s Association of Chief Police Officers report into so-called “off-street' prostitution threw up a new – and already much-discussed – figure of 2,600 women and girls trafficked into forced prostitution in England and Wales...