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Jan 26 2010 8:23AM
China Human Rights Briefing  25 January 2010

Headlines Five Chinese Activist Web sites Attacked by Hackers Guangzhou Court Hears Lawsuit from Lawyer Deprived of License Guangxi Petitioners Sent to One Year of RTL for “Abnormal Petitioning” Longtime Xi’an Petitioner Seized by...

Jan 25 2010 2:32PM
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA by EACS

His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People's Republic of China Zhongnanhai, Xichengqu, Beijing People’s Republic of China OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA January 15, 2010 Your Excellency, The...

Jan 25 2010 1:05PM
A turning point in Sri Lankan human rights?

So here they are at last: The Sri Lankan Presidential Elections. They are all set for tomorrow and previews were plastered all over today’s papers. After decades of conflict that “ended” last year with the comprehensive defeat of the...

Jan 23 2010 11:57AM
China Human Rights Briefing  January 22, 2010

Headlines Illegal Restriction of Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong’s Movement Resumed Beijing Police Continue Harassment of House Church Activist Chen Tianshi Illegally-Detained Elderly Petitioner Released from RTL Camp on Bail for Medical...

Jan 23 2010 1:06AM
Dispatches: Slumdog Children of Mumbai

The Amnesty children's human rights network have always beeninterest in fighting for the human rights of vulnerable streetchildren. Our children's rights advisor, David Maidment, founded The Railway Children , a charity that is...