A. Rightslawyers and legal advocates currently held bygovernment authoritiesin connection with the Jasmine crackdown: Liu Shihui (刘士辉), a Guangzhou-based human rights lawyerand activistin his 40s, formerly with the Guangdong JingguoLaw...

Ai Weiwei(艾未未), artist, seized by police at Beijing’s CapitalAirport and prevented from boarding a flight to Hong Kong on 3 April. Officialshave yet to release any information about his whereabouts. Ai becomes the mostprominent victim...

The Consortium for Street Children celebrates the Day of the African Child On the 21st African Day of the Child,international charity the Consortium for Street Children (CSC), welcomes thechoice of this year’s theme ‘All togetherfor...

Wednesday 18th May was the official launch of the Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) campaign. Stepping Stones Nigeria , the children's right charity has created the PACT campaign in coalition with other child rights organisations...

There has been a lot of debate recently about what is appropriate, what is gratuitous, what is deliberately alarming and what is necessary for broadcast. From films which were deemed too graphic and disturbing to screen, to the...