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14 May 2009
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial on Monday
after an American man is alleged to have swum across the lake in
front of her house and stayed there
11 May 2009
The Malaysian authorities released three human rights activists from
the Hindu Rights Action Force on Saturday 9 May.
03 May 2009
Press Freedom Day, 3 May, has, for a number of years, been a day in
which journalists and media workers marked the deaths of increasing
numbers of their colleagues a
30 April 2009
At least 65,000 people are now in need of assistance as fighting continues between government forces and the Taleban.
30 April 2009
Chinese authorities have intensified the crackdown on human rights
activists in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
28 April 2009
The year-long trial of Indian human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen
suffered another delay on Monday, further prolonging the doctor's
unjust stay in jail.
21 April 2009
The wife of imprisoned Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng was
attacked and beaten early Sunday morning, as she tried to leave her
home to visit grieving relative
20 April 2009
The population lives in fear after draconian measures implemented by the regime. Elections have been deferred for five years and martial law has been declared.
14 April 2009
The Chinese authorities have released a National Human Rights Action
Plan that, in some areas, includes concrete targets for 2010.
02 April 2009
A Chinese environmental activist and writer is currently detained on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power".
25 March 2009
The suspensions appear to be part of an ongoing government led
crackdown on an array of perceived opponents, just days before Najib Tun Razak is appointed Prime Minis
25 March 2009
A South Korean television journalist and trade unionist has been held
by police after he was arrested on the eve of a strike over
wage disputes and government interf
17 March 2009
Eight people have been charged with criticizing Malaysia's Sultan of
Perak on the internet, as the authorities stepped up a crackdown on the
country's bloggers.
13 March 2009
Journalists and media workers now vulnerable to violence and intimidation by both the government and anti-government forces.
05 March 2009
Saturday marks the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankan journalist and human rights activist, Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam.
02 March 2009
The law, which covers acts of sedition, secession, subversion and treason against the Central People's Government of China, is open to potential misuse.
24 February 2009
Twenty-four political prisoners have been set free in Myanmar after the government announced that it would release 6,313 prisoners.
06 February 2009
Amnesty International has said that the Chinese government’s report to
the UN Universal Periodic Review whitewashes serious human rights
abuses being committed
29 January 2009
A prominent human rights lawyer in Indonesia has been cleared of
charges relating to a text message he is alleged to have sent to his
friends and family contacts.
28 January 2009
More than 300,000 civilians are now trapped in the north-eastern part
of Sri Lanka as the fighting between Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the army intensifies.
