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Who will you vote for in this year's general election? Will your vote go to someone who cares about human rights as much as you do? What do you know about the views of the candidates and of their parties? The election may be less than...

These days our email group which consisted of human rights and women's rights activists has decreased in number. Those who we befriended from inside the country after the June elections and a mutual commitment and belief tied us...

Yesterday the Times columnist Melanie Reid gushed that the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai was like the film Ocean's 11. (I think, by the way, she meant an exciting Hollywood crime caper … as opposed to a useless star-vehicle...

In the 1980s and in the muddle of Iran-Iraq war Ayatollah Knomeini ordered the total wipe out of political prisoners. As a result and in a matter of few months thousands of prisoners were tried in a few minutes court appearances inside...

Three women (& four men) in Malaysia were flogged earlier this month – meaning whipped with a cane – after a Shariah court found them guilty of extramarital sex. The news came in a press conference from the Malaysian Home Minister...