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Feb 24 2010 8:54AM
China Human Rights Briefing 23  February 2010

Headlines Government Memo Asks Universities to Block Student Participation in Oxfam Trainings Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang, Imprisoned for Fabricating Evidence, Has License Revoked More Petitioners Detained Ahead of NPC, CPPCC Meetings...

Feb 23 2010 11:31PM
Hands off Iraqi teacher unions!

The Iraqi Government and Iraqi political parties are interfering in the free and independent Iraqi Teachers Union (ITU). Ibrahim al-Battat , the leader of the ITU in Basra, has been arrested and an arrest warrant for Jasim Hussein...

Feb 23 2010 2:02PM
"Is technology really good for human rights?" - We still don't know!

I’ve been trying to wade through around 1,500 tweets about last night’s “Is technology really good for human rights?” event, while nursing a slightly-foggy head after the post-doo drinks at the Book Club. The consensus seems to be very...

Feb 23 2010 10:42AM
English/Scottish Defence Leagues - anti-Islam?

Please read the following article I wrote about the Scottish Defence League which is an off-shoot of the English Defence League, a group formed to protest against radical Islam. Violence has erupted at both EDL and SDL protests amid...

Feb 23 2010 10:37AM
BBC Persian has received a new film on the attack at the university dormitory on June 14, 2009 Iran

فیلم منتشر نشده ای از حمله به کوی دانشگاه http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2010/02/100222_iran_l19_kooy_tehran_u… The film is sel-explanatory. Needless to say that according to reports 5 students were killed and more...