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Apr 30 2008 6:17PM
Burma - don't forget human rights there

Burma is not so much in the news but we should not think that the abuses of human rights have ceased. See the Burma Campaign UK . Take an e-mail action from their website in support of an activist in prison who is being denied medical...

Apr 30 2008 11:29AM
Torchure (get it?)

The 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics starts today and to mark it we’ve released the first of four brilliant animated films and a shiny new Human Rights for China website. The first film’s called Torchure (get it?) and...

Apr 30 2008 10:31AM
The Citizenship Pub Quiz

The Belfast Salon presents: The Citizenship Pub Quiz White’s Tavern 2-4 Winecellar Entry, Belfast 7.30pm Tuesday 6 May Door Tax £2 O P E N B O R D E R S E V E R Y O N E ’ S A C I T I Z E N Imagine, it’s now mandatory to pass a...

Apr 29 2008 2:06PM
Was MI5 complicit in torture?

Last week we were busy launching “Stuff of Life” – a short film exposing what’s involved in waterboarding, the partial drowning of suspects during interrogation. The excellent Malcolm Nance, an American security expert now strongly...

Apr 28 2008 6:41PM
Rebiya Kadeer: via graphic art from Brazen City

The story of Rebiya Kadeer, exiled Chinese human rights activist and president of the World Uighur Congress, is told in striking graphic art form on the new Belfast online magazine Brazen City . She is a courageous woman – even her...