After more than 14 days in detention, it appears that Chinese authorities intend to seriously prosecute the dissident literary scholar, Liu Xiaobo.
- 11 January 2009 marks 7 years since the first detainees were transferred to Guantánamo
Detained Critic and Activist Seized From Home in Beijing December 8, Two Days Before Launch of Proposed Blueprint for Legal, Political Reforms
Palestinian civilians remain at risk of being killed or injured in the Israeli air strikes and are increasingly lacking adequate medical care food, medicines, electricity, water and other necessities, Amnesty International said today after three days of the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip in which more than 300 Palestinians have been killed.
23 December 2008
Parliamentary elections scheduled for 29 December offer a unique opportunity for improving Bangladesh's battered human rights situation
Amnesty International calls on Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups to immediately halt the unlawful attacks carried out as part of the escalation of violence which has caused the death of some 280 Palestinians and one Israeli civilian since December 27.
Enforced closure of human rights centre an ominous development
The Iranian authorities have forced the closure of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Tehran, co-founded by 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), who was abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors at Matapi Police Station in Harare.
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