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Feb 25 2010 9:00AM
China Human Rights Briefing 24 February 2010

Headlines Hunan Activist Sent to Two Years of RTL for Investigating Death of Official Sichuan Democracy Activist to Be Released after Lengthy Prison Terms Officials Transfer Activist Huang Qi to Prison without Notifying Family Guizhou...

Feb 24 2010 6:06PM
Victims of Bloody Monday Massacre must see justice prevail

Guinea is one African country which is rarely reported on. So last September’s bloody protests took much of the international media by surprise as they witnessed how scores of people were killed and hundreds were attacked by security...

Feb 24 2010 10:53AM
Securing a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland

Prof Colin Harvey, a member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and Head of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast (and Amnesty member!), gave a comprehensive speech in London this week on the proposed Northern...

Feb 24 2010 8:54AM
China Human Rights Briefing 23  February 2010

Headlines Government Memo Asks Universities to Block Student Participation in Oxfam Trainings Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang, Imprisoned for Fabricating Evidence, Has License Revoked More Petitioners Detained Ahead of NPC, CPPCC Meetings...

Feb 23 2010 11:31PM
Hands off Iraqi teacher unions!

The Iraqi Government and Iraqi political parties are interfering in the free and independent Iraqi Teachers Union (ITU). Ibrahim al-Battat , the leader of the ITU in Basra, has been arrested and an arrest warrant for Jasim Hussein...