People across the globe took to the streets this weekend in support
of the people of Myanmar, who continue to be subjected to mass arrests
and brutal repression.
When the Elders meet in South Africa to begin marking the
60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one notable figure will be missing.
Pakistan: One of the key targets under attack in the state of emergency,
imposed by President Musharraf, has been the country’s
increasingly active judiciary.
Viet Nam: Two days after Tran Quoc Hien was chosen as spokesperson for the United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) in January 2007, he was arrested.
China: Bu Dongwei, a Falun Gong practitioner who worked for a US-based NGO is serving two and a half years Re-education Through Labour in Beijing due to his religious
Arrests of members of the political opposition continued in Pakistan over the weekend as the government changed the law to make it easier to crack down on their oppone
