Web pages about "Activists"
China urged to release scholar Liu Xiaobo from 'residential surveillance' - 7 January 2009
One of China's best-known dissidents has been under house arrest since 8 December, after he signed a campaign for political and rights reform in China, known as Charter 08.Journalists and humanitarian workers at risk in war-ravaged Somalia - 6 January 2009
A worker with the United Nations World Food Programme was killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Somalia, highlights the dangerous environment in which journalists and humanitarian workers in the war-torn country continue to work.Cambodian Supreme Court releases scapegoats of trade unionist's murder - 5 January 2009
Two men wrongfully convicted of the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea, have been released on bail after nearly five years in prison.Abductees found in police custody in Zimbabwe - 24 December 2008
Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), who was abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors at Matapi Police Station in Harare.China urged to release scholar Liu Xiaobo - 23 December 2008
After more than 14 days in detention, it appears that Chinese authorities intend to seriously prosecute the dissident literary scholar, Liu Xiaobo.Authorities close key human rights centre in Tehran - 23 December 2008
The Iranian authorities have forced the closure of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Tehran, co-founded by 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi.