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Jun 24 2014 12:05PM
Belarus: beaten up by police for being gay

LGBTI Pride season in the UK is underway, and we’re getting ready for London Pride. We are putting the finishing touches on our float, and getting ready to put on the feather boas. Yet while we celebrate our achievements in the UK...

Jun 22 2014 2:00PM
Building Solidarity – what concrete forms of action can we take to support the Syrian People?

It was a pleasure to take part in a conference on June 21 called Syria - Correcting the Narrative, Building Solidarity , held at SOAS in London. The conference was expertly organised by the Center for Middle East Studies, Josef Korbel...

Jun 20 2014 2:58PM
Show trials, intolerance and discrmination: Gezi Park one year on

Twitter is everywhere these days and everyone seems to be tweeting - compressing our lives into short updates to share with the world. So what could be more ‘now’ than a twitter trial? I don’t mean trial by twitter of course, but...

Jun 18 2014 11:34PM
Activists Protested Against China's AIDS Premier Visiting UK

On 17 June, 2014, around 300 activists campaigning for freedom, human rights and democracy.staged a colorful protest against lLi Keqiang near Downing Street, fighting for free Tibet, free Eastern Turkistan, free China. https://www...

Jun 18 2014 11:19PM
Protests against China's AIDS Premier Visiting UK

Chinese Premier to visit UK 17-19 June 2014 [16 June 2014, UPDATED] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is due to visit the UK on 17-19 June, during which time he is expected to meet the Queen, Prime Minister Cameron and various business...