Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Fengwent missing in Shanghai on 18 February and is believed to be detainedby the Chinese authorities. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. On 18 February, Jiang Feng went missingat Shanghai’s...

Farzad Kamangar was, like me, a trade unionist. He was also a teacher and a political activist. And on Sunday, the Iranian Government executed him for those so-called 'crimes' (although they called it 'enmity against God'). He was a 35...

A number of oil-related stories popped up today in the media. Firstly there’s a new Greenpeace report out that warns that British motorists are unwitting users of diesel and petrol derived from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, which...

Recently, female political prisoner Shirin Alam hoei was sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly being a member of the Kurdish opposition organization PJAK. Below is the translation of her letter from prison which was written on...

Street Journal Written by Saeed Valadbaygi Editor's Choice , Human Rights , Videos May 9, 2010 Evin prison phone lines have been disconnected by prison authorities from two days ago to execute political prisoners; Farzad Kamangarn...