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May 26 2010 12:45PM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  May 18-24, 2010

Highlights Beijing Tax Officials Launch New Investigation into Aizhixing: Prominent Beijing-based HIV/AIDS NGO Aizhixing has once again been targeted for inspection by Beijing tax officials. On the morning of May 19, two inspectors...

May 26 2010 10:52AM
Peace processes and the role of national human rights institutions

Peace processes and the role of national human rights institutions – that's the theme of a lecture to be delivered next month by Northern Ireland's Chief Commissioner for Human Rights, Prof Monica McWilliams. The lecture will explore...

May 25 2010 7:30PM
In a Jam (aica)

After a long period of being neglected in the UK press, Jamaica is on the front pages . It is easy to see why. The story is a fascinating and compelling one. Residents of the poorest community in Kingston, have barricaded the streets...

May 21 2010 12:37PM
Hague announces a UK 'torture inquiry'

The Guardian broke the news last night of Foreign Secretary William Hague’s announcement that there would be a judicial inquiry into UK complicity in torture. Quite right, too, that it should be journalist Ian Cobain who got the scoop...

May 21 2010 11:37AM
Cuba imprisons more writers than any other Latin American country

English PEN has published a briefing on Freedom of Expression in Cuba or rather the lack of it. Cuba has more writers in prison than any other country in Latin America. Worldwide only China and Iran have a worse record.