Fears are once again mounting that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in Iran is about to be executed. As readers of this blog will know, this 43-year-old mother has been in grave danger of execution for months. Indeed she has become the world...

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders,November 2, 2010) – OnOctober 28, Jinjiang City Intermediate People’s Court in FujianProvincesentenced successful businessman-turned-village director Lü Jiangbo (吕江波) to 11 years in prison.Originally...

There’s a joke I’ve seen on Twitter along the lines of “buying printer cartridges will never be the same again” and you know what the joke-maker means. After the “underpants” bomb attempt on Christmas Day last year, there’s a bizarrely...