Free at last... they all owe their lives to Amnesty . That is the headline of an article in the Observer describing how four political prisoners were released because of Amnesty International. One man was held for five years at...

* Posted by Frances * Last week I found myself at the Ritzy in Brixton for the screening of ‘ You don’t like the truth – 4 days inside Guantanamo’ as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival , a fantastic week of human rights films...

The TUC is supporting a lunchtime vigil on Monday 18 April – the 31st anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence – to protest about the rising level of violence in that country. The vigil will take place outside the Zimbabwean Embassy on...

Felicia Adjei, a vulnerable woman who was trafficked into the UKand brutally exploited in forced prostitution is facing removal to Ghanatomorrow. She is currently waiting in an immigration detention centre. Felicia comes from a very...

Highlights Harsh 10-Year Sentence Handed Down to Sichuan Activist Liu Xianbin: On March 25, the Suining City Intermediate Court in Sichuan Province convicted activist Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌) of “inciting subversion of state power” and...