A group of Iranian women who call themselves the Mourning Mothers and who comprise of mothers who have lost their children in the post-presidential unrests, gather every Saturday at Park Laleh in central Tehran to commomerate their...

Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was sentenced to 6 yearsin prison for making documentary Leaving Fear Behind which recorded views fromordinary Tibetans of the Beijing Olympics. Take Action on Dhondup Wangchen: Leaving Fear Behind...

English PEN has today published an update on its campaign, Freedom to Write in the Americas . They are concerned for the safety of journalists in countries including Mexico and Cuba. Roy Greenslade in his blog reports briefly on the...

How children respond to war and violence is interesting and worth our attention. Article 38 and 39 in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) deal with 'children in armed conflict'. Article 39 declares that: States Parties...

Journalists and their editors make many difficult decisions, perhaps none more so than whether to quote from or broadcast material for which they cannot be absolutely sure of the source but where if genuine the contents reveal evidence...