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Nov 11 2010 2:30AM
Nobel Laureate Languishes in Prison, Police Harassment of Activists Rages On

One Month afterNobel Announcement, CHRD Urgesthe Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo (Chinese Human RightsDefenders- November 8, 2010) One month after theNorwegian Nobel Committeeannounced its decision to award the 2010 Nobel...

Nov 11 2010 2:26AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  November 3-9, 2010

Highlights One Month after Nobel Prize Announcement, Pressure on Activists Continues: The nationwide police mobilization which began on October 8 showed no sign of slowing as CHRD continued to receive reports this week of civil society...

Nov 10 2010 11:13PM
Immigration detention of children must end

The Coalition Agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats published in May 2010 stated: We will end the detention of children for immigration purposes. This was a very welcome and important policy statement – the...

Nov 10 2010 10:38PM
Iran was rejected to become member of Executive Board of UN Women!

Election of 41 members of the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 10 November 2010 http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/11/election-of-41-members-o…...

Nov 10 2010 3:25PM
Hungary letting down Roma people

There was some welcome publicity today for the much-neglected scandal of discrimination against Roma people across Europe, as the BBC Today Programme picked up on a new Amnesty report on Hungary . (You can listen to the piece here –it...