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Oct 29 2013 11:48AM
Show Trial of Jiangxi Activists Suspended: Lawyers Demanded Releases, Calling Detentions Unlawful

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 29, 2013) – A Chinese court had to suspend the trial of activists Liu Ping (刘萍), Wei Zhongping (魏忠平), and Li Sihua (李思华) on October 28 in Jiangxi Province after defendants and lawyers...

Oct 28 2013 2:33PM
Peaceful Sounds of Voices in Conflict

Guest blog by Jana Lopusna, campaigns volunteer for Amnesty Scotland. I recently spent a weekend in the beautiful Edinburgh City Chambers, at an event run by the Edinburgh Peace Initiative , learning about national and international...

Oct 25 2013 1:28PM
‘Society’ is no longer an excuse for Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving

Eman Al Nafjan ( @Saudiwoman ) is a female blogger from Saudi Arabia who has been campaigning against the driving ban. She was arrested by police earlier this month as she filmed a female driver breaking the ban. If there was one word...

Oct 24 2013 1:10PM
The Sri Lanka the authorities don’t want you to see

To natter to politicians about human rights you need to head to their stalking ground…Party conferences. It is like a festival for political anoraks where we all queue up to see our favourite “acts”. However, this year among the many...

Oct 24 2013 7:42AM
[CHRB] Cao Shunli’s Detention Confirmed, Crackdown Expands as China Touts “Achievements” at UN Review (10/17-23, 2013)

China Human Rights Briefing October 17 – 23, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Activists Arrested in Crackdown, Cao Shunli’s Detention Confirmed Another Journalist Detained for Exposing Corruption Clampdown Ramps Up on Peaceful...