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30 September 2009
The government's increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists is to prevent them from raising human rights concerns that challenge the authorities' image of social harmony.
17 September 2009
Dolkun Isa is being held by the South Korean authorities. If he is deported to China he would
be at risk of arbitrary detention, unfair trial, torture and other ill-treatment
and possibly the death penalty.
01 September 2009
JS Tissainayagam was convicted of writing and publishing articles that criticized the government's treatment of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians affected by the war.
19 August 2009
A tireless campaigner against the death penalty and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kim Dae-jung leaves a legacy of commitment to human rights and democracy.
14 August 2009
Attacks on journalists, intimidation and restrictions on reporting threaten freedom of expression in Sri Lanka
and jeopardize the safety and dignity of civilians displaced by war.
11 August 2009
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader has been sentenced to a further 18 months’ house arrest. She has been detained for over 13 of the past 20 years, mostly under house arrest.
04 August 2009
Two activists who offered assistance to survivors of the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, China, will be tried this month behind closed doors.
15 July 2009
Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong has had his professional
license revoked by the Justice Bureau of Beijing Municipality.
07 July 2009
Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to fully account for the
deaths and for the 1,434 people who were detained in connection with the protests
16 June 2009
Public security police arrested a prominent human rights lawyer in Viet
Nam on Saturday for "colluding with domestic and foreign reactionaries
to sabotage the V
10 June 2009
Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indian
government to seriously pursue allegations that members of the Central
Reserve Police Force raped
03 June 2009
The harassment of activists and lawyers continues and web sites like Hotmail and Twitter are shut down as censorship escalates.
02 June 2009
Hundreds of civilians were killed and injured as a result of the crackdown and a number of people are still in prison for their involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy p
01 June 2009
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's continued detention in Myanmar puts the human
rights spotlight on a country that has denied both economic rights and
freedom of expression to
28 May 2009
More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been
exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of
poverty and inequalit
26 May 2009
Dr Binayak Sen, who spent two years in an Indian prison as a Prisoner
of Conscience, was released on Tuesday after being granted bail by the
Supreme Court.
11 May 2009
The Malaysian authorities released three human rights activists from
the Hindu Rights Action Force on Saturday 9 May.
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
