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Jul 1 2010 8:33AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  June 22-30, 2010

Highlights Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Criminally Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power:” Having already served two jail terms for his activism, the most recent lasting nearly a decade, Sichuan democracy activist...

Jun 30 2010 12:41PM
This blog may be filtered by the Cuban government

Open any newspaper on any day and you will almost certainly read an article thats criticising the government in one way or another. Whether it be the governments stance on immigration, on the economy or even on the human rights of...

Jun 30 2010 11:04AM
BRITAIN'S TORTURE VICTIMS

Please read my feature on victims of torture living in the UK which was published by The Herald on Saturday 26th June to chime with the UN's International Torture Day. http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/real-lives/the-plight-of...

Jun 30 2010 9:54AM
Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Criminally Detained for Subversion of State Power

(ChineseHuman Rights Defenders- June 29, 2010)Little more than a year after he was released following a decade inprison,convicted of “subversion of state power” in 1999, Sichuan democracyactivistLiu Xianbin (刘贤斌)hasonce again been...

Jun 29 2010 2:01PM
Getaway (with it) driver-rapists like Reid and Worboys expose cultural failings

Systematic failings from the police over investigating a series of rapes and sexual offences perpetrated by a sexual predator in a car – the Kirk Reid case has an unpleasantly familiar ring. Yes – it’s like the John Worboys case , the...