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Nov 22 2010 11:52AM
Another strange week in the life of Guantánamo

It’s been a strange few days on Guantánamo (even for seasoned Guantánamo watchers like me, and I’ve been bashing out Amnesty press releases on this miserable place since the first boiler-suited inmates were dumped there in 2002). First...

Nov 21 2010 4:07PM
Incomplete mailing list of Tiananmen Prisoners

It has been 21 years since Beijing Massacre 1989, but thereare at least five Tiananmen prisoners who are still suffering and forced toengage in hard labor day and night today. For every entry of the list: first line is the name...

Nov 19 2010 5:12PM
Incomplete Mailing List of Uighur Prisoners of Conscience

For every entry of the list: first line is the name, Secondline is the address. 1. Nurmuhemmet Yasin (努尔莫哈提杨·亚辛) 新疆维吾尔自治区第一监狱,乌鲁木齐喀什东路58号,邮编:830000 2. Hairat Niyaz (海来特·尼亚孜) 最高人民法院北京市东城区东交民巷27号, 邮编:100745 电话 (tel):010-67550114 Note...

Nov 19 2010 1:54PM
Blasphemy execution for Christian Pakistani woman

There has been a lot of debate around about the justification of blasphemy laws in the media this week as a result of the news of the death sentence passed on the Pakistani Christian woman, Aasia Bibi. Our Pakistan expert was...

Nov 18 2010 12:57PM
On your own head tweet it

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words posted on what is well known to be a social forum where satire, sarcasm and flippancy are staple features of any utterance, can never lead to a criminal conviction. So goes a new take on...