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Jul 25 2010 9:44AM
UPDATE: Saeed Torabian freed but other Iranian bus workers remain in jail

It's good news for once, but it's not all good news. Saeed Torabian , the Publicity Director of the Vahed Bus Workers' Union in Tehran, has been freed after 42 days in jail on trumped up charges of acting against national security and...

Jul 24 2010 1:05AM
Saddam's successors use Saddam's laws to close down trade unions

The news from Iraq this week has not been good. After weeks of popular protest against power cuts which led in some cases to deaths and injuries at the hands of the police, Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani was given the Electricity...

Jul 23 2010 11:01PM
China: Uighur journalist given 15-year prison term

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHRDProtestsHarsh and Unjust Sentence for Uyghur Journalist Hailaite Niyazi

Jul 23 2010 5:08PM
If it aint broke: Ken Clarkes unwarranted war crimes fix

The other day I called a plumber to plug a leak in the kitchen we didn’t have. Before that I took my car to the garage to get them to check out an engine noise I couldn’t hear. Yes, and today I read that Justice Secretary Ken Clarke...

Jul 22 2010 11:23PM
Media freedom and disappearance in the Gambia

Today the TUC, Amnesty International and the International Federation of Journalists took part in a global day of action in favour of press freedom in the Gambia, and to call for the Gambian authorities to release journalist Ebrima...