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Jul 10 2015 12:30pm
Human rights defenders – some of the bravest people in the world
Human rights defenders are people who champion and fight for human rig...
Mar 16 2015 4:54pm
A fifth anniversary of the Syria crisis is tragically looking all too likely
The fourth anniversary of the uprisings in Syria has passed. The reali...
Sep 8 2014 2:48pm
Yara Sallam: From activist's passion to Egypt's prisons
How does it feel when someone you actually know is put in prison? Perh...
Sep 6 2014 5:57pm
Ihar Tsikhanyuk, beaten by police for being gay in Belarus
Ihar Tsikhanyuk is a gay man living in Minsk, Belarus. When he tried t...
Sep 1 2014 12:50pm
Gao Zhisheng: released but not yet free
On 7 August, Gao Zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer often refer...
Aug 5 2014 11:05am
Standing up to abuses in the coal-mining communities of India
‘I had never imagined that this could happen to me. I thought, ‘Now ...
Jul 21 2014 10:16am
USA: Albert Woodfox – 42 years in solitary
For 23 hours a day, Albert Woodfox is incarcerated in a tiny cell with...
Jul 3 2014 12:00am
39 letters written at our June letter writing afternoon!
On 26 June we held our third letter writing afternoon – this time back...
Jun 22 2014 2:00pm
Building Solidarity – what concrete forms of action can we take to support the Syrian People?
It was a pleasure to take part in a conference on June 21 called Sy...
Jun 11 2014 4:39pm
Nabeel Rajab: "Your work has given me hope"
I am Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (B...