Amongst the great variety of quality films recognised during this year’s awards season, themes relating to human rights and social justice have received a strong and encouraging place in the limelight. The most notable example is ‘12...

Donald Rumsfeld: canny genius who deftly maneuvered his impressive political career into existence with one hand on the steering wheel of US foreign policy in the defining decades of the American century? Or cruel Machiavellian master...

China: Authorities have "blood on their hands" after activist's death Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli who passed away after being denied medical treatment “ Cao Shunli's death exposes just how callous and calculating the...

This evening, I'll be standing in Traflgar Square along with thousands of others to mark an anniversary we all hoped wouldn't exist. On Saturday, it will be three years since the start of peaceful protests in Syria. Protests which were...

China Human Rights Briefing March 7-13, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Uyghur Public Health Worker Arrested on State Security Charges Guangdong Activists Going to Trial, Had Been Seized on “Advocacy Tour” in Hubei Jiangxi Activist...