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Feb 10 2013 11:47AM
[CHRD] Rule of Law Is Key to Ending All Forms of Extralegal Detention, Including Forced Labor

Rule of Law Is Key to Ending All Forms of Extralegal Detention, Including Forced Labor - CHRD Responds to News of Suspension of RTL in Yunnan Province (Chinese Human Rights Defenders – February 6, 2013) – With a news report today that...

Feb 8 2013 3:48PM
My sister, on death row for fighting back

Li Dehuai is the brother of Li Yan, who is on death row in China. After years of violent abuse from her husband, she finally snapped in November 2010 and repeatedly hit him over the head with a gun, to stop him beating her. This is his...

Feb 8 2013 9:40AM
Guatemala, genocide and the hope for justice

Please read the following opinion piece published by El Faro following the first day of the historic trial of Efrain Rios Montt, the former dictator of Guatemala. The piece was written by Victoria Sanford, of the Centre for Human...

Feb 6 2013 12:44PM
Solidarity demo for WOZA

Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) was formed in 2003 to give women an united voice against the social and human rights conditions in Zimbabwe. Since then, WOZA members have been repeatedly arrested, harassed and beaten by police after...

Jan 29 2013 2:50PM
Live Q&A with Gael Garcia Bernal - star of Oscar-nominated NO

Chile, 1988. Rene Saavedra is a successful advertising executive making campaigns for soft drinks and microwaves. He is about to become a fundamental part of one of the most important moments in Chile’s history. He is about to lead the...