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Oct 3 2012 11:38AM
“We are carrying on, even if they rape us, beat us or kill us”

Jacqueline Khumalo and Thandeka Jwaha are campaigners at Amnesty International South Africa, and were at the recent Pride march in KwaThema, Ekurhuleni. “We are carrying on, even if they rape us, beat us or kill us”, the crowd sing in...

Oct 2 2012 10:51AM
Time for reform: a 'new' Egypt on the way?

Tweet At the start of 2011, Egypt was a country whose people were stifled by 30 years of oppressive ‘emergency’ rule, ruthless repression of dissent, high levels of official corruption and endemic poverty. The security forces, hundreds...

Oct 2 2012 9:20AM
China Human Rights Briefing September 28-October 1, 2012

Contents Disability Rights • UN Committee Addresses Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China Special Notice • CHRD Makes UN Submission on Behalf of Imprisoned Activist Guo Quan Disability Rights UN Committee Addresses Involuntary...

Sep 30 2012 11:27AM
Victims of rape & torture wrongly locked up by UK government.

Please read the following report which was published today by Scotland On Sunday. The article tells how victims of rape and torture have been wrongly locked up by the UK government. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/uk...

Sep 28 2012 3:19PM
Equal marriage – how long will Northern Ireland have to wait?

When David Hockney published his etching In the dull village in 1967, the UK government was busy passing the Sexual Offences Act to (partially) decriminalise homosexuality in England and Wales. It was another fifteen years before...