Protesters outside the Vedanta AGM I’ve stood outside a few AGMs in my time. I’ve handed out leaflets on the impacts of tar sands extraction on indigenous communities at the BP AGM, and protested against ongoing pollution and human...

Partial List of Political Prisoners in PR China from the US Congressional-Executive Commission on P R China

FURTHER UPDATE – Monday night Charles was NOT deported today and has been reprieved for the moment, but things could get worse at any time. The NUJ have reported on the latest developments. UPDATE: Channel 4 jumped the gun – Charles...

The wife of one of the political prisoners wrote in an email "why the world has forgotten us?" A number of political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest against the worsening conditions at ward 350 of the notorious Evin...

Iran has become a country of hostage taking and terror. American kids, hicking the mountains are taken hostage; French lecturer innocent of any crime is taken hostage; Iranian academics who travel to the country to see their families...