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Sep 21 2012 3:21PM
One year on, we are still Troy Davis

One year ago at 11.08pm, Troy Anthony Davis was executed by the State of Georgia, despite a massive global outcry against the flawed system that killed him. More than 60,000 of us in the UK emailed the authorities, asking them to make...

Sep 20 2012 8:05AM
China Human Rights Briefing September 13-19, 2012

Contents • Arbitrary Detention Henan Petitioner Now Held Incommunicado More Than Seven Weeks • Harassment of Activists Activists Harassed for Actions Related to Anti-Japan Protests • Harassment of Human Rights Lawyers Guangzhou Lawyer...

Sep 17 2012 2:12PM
Gambia's conditional moratorium on executions 'not good enough'

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s conditional moratorium on executions of death row prisoners leaves at least 38 people still at great risk of execution, Amnesty International said today. Last Friday evening (14 September), President...

Sep 16 2012 12:09PM
Remarkable film exposing human trafficking in Dubai, Greece and Athens.

Please read my interview with Bugarian film director Mimi Chakarova who risked her life to expose human trafficking for the sex industry in Dubai, Greece and Turkey. Her story is published today by the Sunday Mail in Scotland. http:/...

Sep 14 2012 8:57AM
China Human Rights Briefing September 6-12, 2012

Contents Arbitrary Detention • Retrial Held for Seven Villagers Sentenced Over Election Protest • Media Coverage of RTL Case Adds to Public Debates on Extralegal System & Violations of Speech Rights Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or...