Plain clothed policemen arrest a protester (C) during an anti-China rally in Hanoi, Aug. 21, 2011. Vietnam may have crushed anti-China protests at home but the rare street demonstrations have stoked demands for greater freedom in the relatively…
Iran’s pardon of activists involved in protests of the 2009 presidential election did not include former candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, shown here at a 2009 rally. He remains under house arrest. (AFP/Getty Images / August 29, 2011) Iran’s supreme…
Maikel Nabil SanadMaikel Nabil Sanad, the imprisoned pacifist blogger and conscientious objector sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for «insulting the military» on 10 April 2011 (see co-alert, 11 April 2011), began a hunger strike in protest against his continued imprisonment…
The Cuban authorities must end their intimidation of a group of women campaigning for the release of political prisoners, Amnesty International said after 19 of the group’s members were re-arrested yesterday. The latest detentions took place yesterday in…
Opposition activists who were arrested during Tuesday’s demonstration in support of imprisoned Malady Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich in Horki, Mahilyow region, were sentenced to jail terms on August 3. The activists stood trial in Horki and the town of…
Local people fear environmental damage, harm to sacred sites. RFA Authorities have detained Tibetans protesting mines in Dzogang county during the last three months. Chinese authorities have taken into custody two men identified as the “ringleaders” of Tibetan protests against…
Jalila al-Salman has been detained since 29 March and allegedly been tortured Two Bahraini women activists detained for their involvement in pro-reform protests have begun a hunger strike to demand their freedom. Roula al-Saffar, head of the Bahrain Nursing Society,…
Bingu wa Mutharika’s response to the protests provoked an international outcry Protest leaders in Malawi said yesterday they were coming out of hiding and would stage fresh demonstrations one week after 19 people were killed in a violent government…
Dieu Cay in an undated photo. Reports suggest that an outspoken Vietnamese blogger is in grave condition in prison. An outspoken Vietnamese blogger, currently serving a jail sentence, may have “lost an arm” in prison, a human rights…
Thousands of Sikhs from North India attended Justice Rally and launched “Civil Disobedience Movement” at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to secure the release of Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. A Letter Writing Campaign addressed to President of India…
