So hes out. With uncharacteristically few words, Ai Weiwei addressed the waiting hordes of journalists, saying simply Im out, Im happy. And then Im on bail, please understand. Thinly-veiled code for the conditions of his release that...

This was the speech by John Wilkes of the Scottish Refugee Council at the launch of Refugee Week 2011. We liked it so much we asked for permission to reproduce it here…… On behalf of everyone at Scottish Refugee Council I am delighted...

Hundreds of people have been detained, arrested, or ‘disappeared’ by the Chinese regimesince February. The list also includes Tibetan, Uighur and Chinese prisoners ofconscience whose situation has worsened in the recent crackdown...

Highlights Activist Yao Lifa Goes Missing After Increased Harassment: CHRD has learned that democracy activist Yao Lifa ( 姚立法 ) , from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, went missing on June 20. Yao, who has been advising voters and...

The fighting has subsided, the television news crews have departed and to the casual observer normality has returned to the West African state of Ivory Coast. Given the ongoing unrest and turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, it...