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Mar 17 2010 1:24PM
Remember prisoners in spring

On 21 March Iranian New Year starts while many families have their loved ones in prison. Despite their relenless effort,s few have been given leave for the duration of holidays. Amnesty Middle East section proposed that we send...

Mar 17 2010 8:27AM
China Human Rights Briefing 9-15  March  2010

Contents FreedomofAssembly Police in Hong Kong Arrest Members of HK Alliance over December Protest for Liu Xiaobo Police Interfere with Meeting on Forced Eviction in Hangzhou ArbitraryDetention Mawei District Court to Announce Verdict...

Mar 16 2010 12:52PM
Fonseka trial adds to the gloom

What is it with Sri Lanka? All I’d like is a country that could be transparent and allow fair trials. However, that all seems a little bit beyond Mahinda Rajapaksa, the country’s president. What am I talking about this time? Nothing...

Mar 15 2010 12:32PM
'Theyve incarcerated us here. Arent we human?

… so says the father of one of the Children Of Gaza in the new Dispatches programme, which screens tonight (8pm, Channel 4). “Oh no, not that”, you might think. Don’t we already know all we need to know about this depressing subject...

Mar 15 2010 8:35AM
Millions of rural migrants denied schooling for their children

In China families who move from the rural areas to the cities are denied schooling for their children . The article gives the example of Hu Zhongping who has lived more than half of his life in Beijing but does not have the access to...