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Apr 17 2012 9:39AM
Iran: workers' voices will not be silenced

The Iranian regime has jailed another trade unionist in its continuing, and unsuccessful, attempt to get workers to shut up about the repression and exploitation they suffer. Reza Shahabi, Treasurer of the bus workers' union in Tehran...

Apr 17 2012 7:27AM
Protests London Book Fair and Independent cultural events

Protests London Book Fair and Independent cultural events 4 月 15 日晚伦敦书展前夜 , 中共在使馆晚宴遭抗议。 http://t.co/viWI2rwB http://t.co/zAuwLl0b 4 月 16 日伦敦书展抗议及独立文化活动 http://t.co/AIXg5Aqn There will be more protests.

Apr 16 2012 3:46PM
Most inspiring weekend ever!

This weekend the digital team were at Amnesty's AGM. Whether you were there and want to relive it, or missed out and want to catch up, this is the post for you. [ View the story "Amnesty UK AGM 2012" on Storify ] Amnesty UK AGM 2012...

Apr 15 2012 4:30AM
Writers in Prison (15)

Li Tie (李铁,pen name: Hua Hanwu, Jiuding Baotang, born in 1962), a freelance writer from Wuhan city, Hubei province, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison with additional two years deprivation of political rights on charges of...

Apr 14 2012 8:37PM
Writers in Prison (14)

Gheyret Niyaz (born 1959), a Uyghur journalist and webmaster who was arrested in October 2009 after speaking to foreign reporters in the wake of July 5 unrest in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He was sentenced on 23 July...