It’s not too often that you read or hear about repression and restrictions on free speech in Vietnam, it’s somewhat overshadowed by neighbours like Burma and China, where stories like these are reported more widely. You only have to...

The Millennium Development Goals , to be achieved by 2015, include: Goal 5: Improve maternal health Here is the Millennium Development Campaign's web page on Goal 5. As it says on that page, too often the day a baby is born is the day...

According to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: Kurdish dissidents are increasingly in danger of execution due to unfair trials. In recent months at least 19 Kurdish prisoners were sentenced to death. The judiciary system...

China Human Rights Briefing January 20, 2010 Headlines Xinjiang Residents Able to Receive Long-Distance Calls for First Time in Six Months Gansu Province to Build a Team of 650 “Internet Commentators” Shaanxi Activist’s “Legal Worker”...

SOVA, a non-governmental organisation that tracks racist violence in Russia, says at least 60 people were killed in Russia last year in hate crimes, and 306 were injured. Read the following articles for more info. http://in.reuters.com...