This is a guest post by Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall , the filmmakers behind feature documentary Call me Kuchu. When we started filming Call Me Kuchu , our documentary about David Kato, the first openly gay man...

China Human Rights Briefing October 25, 2012 Contents Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Petitioner-Activist Out of Contact for Nearly Two Months Harassment of Activists More Activists, Petitioners Seized in Crackdown Before Party...

China Human Rights Briefing October 18-24, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Beijing Activist Ni Yulan’s Health Worsening, Medical Parole May Be Sought • Shanghai Activist Mao Hengfeng Criminally Detained After Being Seized in...

Somali journalists are calling on the UN to restore workers' rights at the UN-funded Radio Bar Kulan (RBK) which broadcasts from Kenya into its troubled and dangerous neighbour. Journalists' unions from 25 African countries and beyond...

On 17 December 2010, in a small town in central Tunisia, the desperate and tragic act of one young street vendor quite literally sparked the flames of protest across the Middle East and North Africa. Having been humiliated by officials...