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May 1 2011 10:08AM
Tate Slowalk in Support of Ai Weiwei and All Disappeared Human Rights Activists

April 30 in London, 180volunteers participated Hamish Fulton's Slowalk in Tate Turbine Hall,walking slowly for two hours in support of Ai Weiwei. Somevolunteers carried names of other ‘disappeared’individuals to highlight a muchwider...

Apr 28 2011 7:02PM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  April 20-27, 2011

Highlights Sixth Arrest Related to “Jasmine Crackdown” Reported; Returned Lawyer Alleges Torture: CHRD learned this week that prominent activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) has been formally arrested by officials in Beijing. Wang, the sixth...

Apr 28 2011 6:21PM
A wedding in the Arab Spring

The row over the royal wedding invitation to Syria's ambassador to the UK has been an overnight media sensation (who knew the wedding was going to throw up these news angles?), but with Dr Sami Khiyami now persona non grata at the...

Apr 28 2011 5:25PM
A partial list of disappeared individuals under the Chinese regime (29 April 2011)

Ai Weiweiand all those have been detained, arrested, or ‘disappeared’ by the Chineseregime since February. The list also includes Tibetan prisoners of consciencedetained since 2008 and Uighur prisoners of consciencedetained since 2009...

Apr 27 2011 5:47PM
Womens rights abuses in India begin in childhood

*Posted by Frances* A few weeks ago I went to the screening of acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto's ‘Pink Saris’ at the Human Rights Action Centre. Many thanks to the Women’s Action Network for highlighting the important issue of...