In a week that marked a year of protests in Syria we issued a report highlighting the use of torture in detention in the country. We also continue to call on the Russian authorities to help stop the bloodshed . In posting both on...

George Clooney has been arrested outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington. He and others are protesting about the tactics that were used in Darfur and are now being used in southern Sudan, with the likely result of many thousands of...

In Tibet some people have been killing themselves by fire . How bad must life be like under Chinese rule for some people to turn to such desperate protests? The funeral of one recently has led to a protest .

Harassment Around “Two Meetings” Period Continues: Authorities have maintained a tight grip on the movements of petitioners and activists, particularly in and around Beijing, with the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s...

Iranian academic and teacher trade unionist Prof Abdolreza Ghanbari is facing the death penalty in Iran. Like many, his crime if "enmity towards God", a catch-all offence used primarily to trigger reference to revolutionary courts not...