The streets of Hong Kong are hard to recognize these days. The exhilarating energy filling the city’s main roads, crowded with hopeful protesters, is something I have not seen since I was a young student back in 1989, when we took to...

Statement by Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [1 October 2014] The following statement will be read out at a protest outside the Chinese...

Days before Iran's President Hassan Rohani addresses United Nations General Assembly, Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, the prominent dissident clergy was informed that he will be executed for "anti-government views" -- that is...

25 Sept. Shanghai citizens support universal suffrage in HK http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post_133.html 27 Sept Beijing petitioners support universal suffrage in HK: "Go for It! We Will Follow!" https://twitter.com...

So every year the Advocacy team at Amnesty UK go on a three week round the country 'tour' of the Party Political Conferences. You are jealous, I know, I can tell. Actually, for us political nerds it is a great moment in time to take...