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Dec 17 2011 6:04AM
Disappeared Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Ordered “Back to Prison” Highlights Law’s Arbitrariness in China

Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 16, 2011) – The human rights lawyer and activist Gao Zhisheng (高智晟), who has been missing for the past 20 months, reportedly has been put “back in jail,” according to a brief English-language...

Dec 15 2011 7:54AM
Briefing, December 7-13

Highlights Guizhou Activist Arrested As Rights Forum Declared “Illegal”: Guizhou activist Chen Xi (陈西) was recently arrested for “inciting subversion,” just days before authorities strongly moved to ban the Guizhou Human Rights Forum...

Dec 13 2011 12:05AM
Bahraini teacher union leaders languish in jail

On Sunday, the appeal hearings for Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the President and Vice President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA) were postponed until 19 February next year, until when they will languish...

Dec 12 2011 6:05PM
LGBT History Month (1) Gay and Proud!

This week kicks off the start of the now annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans history and I’d like to contribute a few postings in the coming weeks to mark the occasion. First, I have to confess that as a gay man of a...

Dec 10 2011 10:09PM
Protesters Mark the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 2011 Protesters from Chinese, Uyghur and Tibetan Solidarity UK and activists gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Protest images ---------...