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Chinese 'use jails to curb complaints'

12.11.09
Up to 10,000 people are kidnapped a year on their way to complain about China's government - which has become a lucrative industry that police refuse to stop, it was claimed... more

China executes two Tibetans

27.10.09
Two Tibetan men have been executed in Lhasa for their part in anti-Chinese riots last year, Human Rights Watch said... more

British Museum caught up in human rights row

24.08.09
British Museum urged to 'take a stand' over the rights of migrant workers in the oil-rich desert sheikdom of Abu Dhabi... more

WORLD: Afghans defy the Taliban rockets to vote for ‘peace and security’

20.08.09
Hundreds of people defied Taliban threats and rocket attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province... more

WORLD: I’ll lead probe into dissident murder. says Chechen president

16.07.09
Chechnya’s leader says he will personally oversee the investigation into the murder of a human rights activist — even though the victim’s colleagues accuse his security forces of being involved... more

What about the workers? Immigrants pose dilemma

08.07.09
A shopping mall in the desert city of Al Ain has banned male construction workers at evenings and weekends after wealthy customers complained about them staring at women. Labourers are allowed to enter Al Bawadi Mall during weekdays, but only through a side entrance ... more

The lessons of Basra are: do something properly or not at all

30.04.09
Britain's six-year presence in Iraq, which formally ended today, is finishing as it began: in deceit.... more

MoD smeared me by claiming I had affair with colonel to obtain secrets

06.02.09
A human rights campaigner has accused the Ministry of Defence of smearing her by claiming she had an affair with an Army colonel in Afghanistan... more

MI5 'used James Bond clause over the torture of detainees'

04.02.09
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to be quizzed by Parliament over allegations that British security services used a "James Bond-style get-out clause" to collude with torture of terror suspects... more

Britain must help us out of this crisis, says Mugabe

05.12.08
Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has appealed for Britain's help in dealing with the cholera epidemic that has infected thousands of people... more

Russia abandons truce and goes back into Georgia

14.08.08
Explosions were heard in the strategic Georgian city of Gori today as the Russian pull-out from the area appeared to collapse... more

China refuses to lift ban on key websites

01.08.08
Politically sensitive websites in China remain closed to foreign journalists despite promises that all restrictions would be lifted during the Beijing Olympics... more

Legends of rock perform with sons for human rights

04.06.08
Roger Waters and Patti Smith will perform with their sons in an evening of entertainment in aid of Human Rights Watch... more

The human side of Hollywood

20.03.07
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival will show a series of films, documentaries and animations all with a human rights theme at cinemas across London.... more

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