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Oct 5 2014 10:05AM
London: Hunger Strike & Sit-in for Hong Kong Democracy

三千人在倫敦中国使馆前: 聲援香港争民主3K ppl protest outside #China embassy in London to support #HK Democracy http://t.co/y96Gz5Usr2 两名香港学生在倫敦中國大使館門前, 已經絕食二十小時。绝食宣言: 沒有公民提名,我們抗命! # UmbrellaRevolution http://www. inmediahk.net/node/1026727...

Oct 3 2014 6:07PM
A partial list of detained or disappeared after expressing support for #HK Democracy 4 Oct 14

Over 50 mainland Chinese activists detained after expressing support for #HK democracy Zhang Shengyu (张圣雨), Guangzhou activist, disappered Zhang Yan (张焱), journalist, disappered Wang Long (汪龙), Shenzhen activist, criminally detained on...

Oct 3 2014 10:36AM
The dangers of scrapping the Human Rights Act

At a fundamental level, human rights are an assertion of protection from the government and a claim for the protection of the government. Power has the potential for good and ill, which is why power must be regulated and laden with...

Oct 2 2014 12:31PM
A partial list of detained or disappeared after expressing support for #HK Democracy 3 Oct 14

Over 40 mainland Chinese activists detained after expressing support for #HK democracy A partial list of detained or disappeared after expressing support for #HK Democracy (3 Oct 14) : Zhang Shengyu (张圣雨), disappered Zhang Yan (张焱)...

Oct 2 2014 11:10AM
Panti Bliss: Before I die I want to get married in Belfast!

But how long will she have to wait? Happy Belfast Pride! Thousands will take to the streets of Belfast later today for the city's annual Pride march, Ireland's largest. But Northern Ireland looks set to become an equality backwater for...