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Jul 15 2010 3:39PM
North Korea: Appalling health care failures costing lives on massive scale

“The government has resolutely maintained that it is committed to, and capable of, providing for the basic needs of its people and satisfying their right to food and a proper standard of health. The testimonies presented in this report...

Jul 15 2010 3:00PM
North Korea's crumbling health system

Amnesty International has issued a new report on the crumbling health system in North Korea . A Guardian article today says that the report paints a desperate picture of the health of the people.

Jul 14 2010 1:11PM
Control Orders to be scrapped?

“ Control orders could be scrapped ”, reads the Telegraph’s p2 headline today, putting them in strong contention for the Amnesty press office’s ‘bearers of good news’ award of the day – particularly as they also report that China is...

Jul 14 2010 10:37AM
Letters, e-mails and petitions

Is it better to send thousands of e-mails, thousands of letters, or a petition with thousands of signatures? Are letters better than e-mails? Is it better to use your own words or to send a standard message or letter? What do you think...

Jul 14 2010 9:07AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  July 6-12, 2010

Highlights Netizens Gather in Support as Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin is Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power:” On July 5, Sichuan democracy activist and human rights activist Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌) was...