This year’s Belgrade Pride - due to take place at the end of May, was cancelled because of floods. Some people, like one former UKIP councillor a few months back, may see this as a sign of god’s wrath at homosexuals flaunting...

'I’ve got a trained eye… he is not just a photographer' Paranoia, fear of free speech and the ‘trained eye’ of the authorities are ensuring that public space in Russia is shrinking. This is how public protest works in Russia now. This...

Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, edited by Anthony and Ben Holden, was published in April this year in partnership with Amnesty. It’s a deeply moving book and makes a lovely gift, not just for poetry lovers but those seeking glimpses...

Li Haocheng (李浩成) 天津师范大学中文系本科生, #八九 学生绝食期间，李随该校五千余名师生前往北京声援，6月2日后留守广场。六四日晨戒严部队进入天安门广场时，李正在广场东南角拍摄现场照片，遭戒严部队射击连中两弹，致命一弹位于肝部，死时 20岁。 # 李浩成 天津师范大学中文系本科生, 学生绝食期间，李随该校五千余名师生前往北京声援，6月2日后留守广场。 # 六四 晨戒严部队进入天安门广场时，李正在广场东南角拍摄现场照片，遭戒严部队射击连中两弹...

At 5:00 pm, Liu Xiaobo, Hou Dejian, Zhou Duo and Gao Xin start a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square. Around 11.30pm, a speeding military jeep smashed into pedestrians, killing three at the scene on Chang'an Avenue. The driver was...