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Aug 4 2011 5:03PM
CHRD Urges Accountability & Lifting of Press Restrictions

The Chinese Government MustRespect Human Rights in Handling the Wenzhou TrainCrash Readthis statement on the CHRD website here (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 3,2011) The Chinese government’s handling of the Wenzhouhigh-speed...

Aug 4 2011 10:19AM
China Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 2011

Highlights Updates on Detentions and Disappearances Related to the “Jasmine Revolution” Crackdown: The case against Beijing activist Wang Lihong ( 王荔蕻 ) is expected to go to trial soon, on the charge of “creating a disturbance,” while...

Aug 3 2011 7:26PM
Innocent Voices Speak Out: the impact of harassment and imprisonment of children of human rights activists

Innocent Voices Speak Out The impact of harassment and prison on the children of human rights campaigners Saba Vasefi Asieh Amini, journalist and human rights activist once said: ”Our children aren’t civil activists or political...

Aug 3 2011 5:04PM
On the lash in Singapore

Another stifling midsummer day and another story about Brits abroad. Getting caned. Though this time, this is not a classic binge-drinking Britain story, but a caning of another sort. British businessman Austin Cowburn from Manchester...

Aug 2 2011 5:31PM
Hammering Hama: Syria on the edge

Reports that people in the besieged city of Hama in Syria have been burying people in public gardens ought to be a wake-up call. The Guardian’s correspondent in the country says the onslaught on Hama by Syria’s security forces in the...