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May 9 2014 1:23PM
#BringBackOurGirls & defend right to education

On April 14, over 200 girls, most of them aged between 16 and 18, were abducted as they slept, from their school in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria. More schoolgirls have been kidnapped since. All of these girls are missing, their...

May 8 2014 8:13PM
Today in 1989: students in campuses protest and boycott

晚7时30分,北大三角地贴出北高联声明:“要广泛进行校园民主建设,如自治会的选举、确认,保留校园民主墙,绝不让它轻易失去。要继续对民众进行宣传,如进行普法,普及民主自由思想的基本常识。斗争尚在继续,同学尚需努力。 22时30分,北师大300多学生在校内3.18纪念碑前集会,北师大学生自治会决定,明天继续罢课一天。集会上广播了北高联通知:宣布五四复课是政法大学学生周勇军的擅自决定,要追究其责任。在政府没有答复我们的对话要求前,为了巩固现有成果,同学们应继续罢课。...

May 8 2014 7:10PM
[CHRB] Crackdown Underway for Commemorating 25th June Fourth (May 2-8, 2014)

Arbitrary Detention Crackdown on Commemorating 25 th June Fourth: Detentions in Beijing, Hunan Five dissidents and activists have been criminally detained after taking part in a seminar commemorating June Fourth held on May 3 in...

May 8 2014 2:30PM
UK trains army accused of raping children

Please read the following report I wrote for Sunday Mail newspaper that was published on 5th May 2014, although not online. Please share and thanks for reading. Billy Briggs. www.billybriggs.co.uk Human rights groups have condemned the...

May 7 2014 8:10PM
Today in 1989: students in Beijing Univ continue to boycott

南开大学一些学生成立《宽容》杂志社,出版《宽容》杂志。该杂志社声称:“奉行自由、民主、科学、法制”的宗旨,对稿件“观点不作要求”。