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May 31 2012 11:21AM
Five more minutes - feel the burn!

Feel the burn . Not a phrase you often want to associate with the fire escape stairs. But after intermittently having walked and run up and down them for the past 25 minutes it was some what apt. The words of encouragement had come...

May 30 2012 9:50AM
Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives, Family Supporters in Tough Straits; Ship Captain Imprisoned for Helping Families of Dead Crew; and

China Human Rights Briefing By CHRD May 23-28, 2012 Top News • Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives, Family Supporters in Tough Straits: Chen Guangfu, Chen Guangcheng’s brother tortured by Shandong police in April, recently fled Dongshigu...

May 29 2012 4:09PM
Why I keep organising Baltic Pride

Guest post by Kristine Garina , Chairperson of Latvian LGBT rights organisation Mozaika and founder of Baltic Pride In six years of LGBT activism in Riga, Latvia, I’ve never felt stronger about the importance of Baltic Pride than now...

May 27 2012 1:19PM
Child Massacre in Houla

The UN has confirmed that over 90 civilians have been killed in Houla. The dead include 32 children under the age of 10. The killing of these innocent children is a shocking and horrific crime in clear violation of international law...

May 25 2012 10:31AM
From Lands Ends to John O' Groats - MPs unite for a bullet proof Arms Trade Treaty

Uniting for an Arms Trade Treaty - because of your emails and letters MPs around the UK are writing to David Cameron urging him to publically support for a robust arms trade treaty that protects human rights and saves lives. In May we...