Housing rights activist Ye Guozhu is serving a four-year prison sentence after he applied for permission to hold a demonstration against forced evictions in Beijing.
As the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day draws close, and 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In the wake of the presidential and parliamentary elections which took
place in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008, violent attacks on opposition
supporters are increasing.
One year ago, Egyptian blogger Karim Amer was sentenced to four years'
imprisonment for the "crime" of publishing on the internet material
critical of Isla
