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Feb 25 2013 10:03AM
Scotland's controversial deal with Bahrain

Please find below links to an article I wrote for Scotland On Sunday - published yesterday - about a controversial business deal between a public body in Scotland and the government of Bahrain. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on...

Feb 22 2013 10:44AM
The Scottish Parliament talks Human Rights

Earlier this month, MSP Roseanna Cunningham (SNP) sponsored a human rights debate requesting an 'elevated' discussion on promoting and protecting human rights in Scotland, Europe and the wider world. I am pleased to report that the...

Feb 22 2013 8:57AM
[CHRB] Self-Immolation of Tibetans and in Jiangxi Province; Shanghai Activist Held Incommunicado for 5 Months, and more

China Human Rights Briefing February 16-21, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Activist Who Assisted Petitioners in Beijing Given 15 Months of RTL Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Activist Held Incommunicado for Past Five Months Forced...

Feb 21 2013 1:19PM
Good news: Mao Hengfeng released

Mao Hengfeng, a human rights defender in China, was sentenced to ‘Re-education Through Labour’ on 30 October 2012. It was the latest in a series of detentions dating back to 2004 because of her work standing up for human rights. The...

Feb 21 2013 11:00AM
Pussy Riot one year on - still imprisoned, still defiant

Pussy Riot had only been in existence for four months when, a year ago today, some of the group’s members walked through the doors of Moscow’s main Orthodox Cathedral. They were to perform a stunt that would propel the feminist punk...