Today China commemorates the first anniversary of the Sichuan Earthquake.

The earthquake left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.
While China has been widely praised for its rapid response to the Sichuan quake, questions remain unanswered.
Although the Government promised to investigate why so many schools collapsed during the earthquake and to hold individuals accountable if shoddy [...]

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In Sri Lanka, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says government security forces continue operations in the conflict zone. Intense fighting has been reported over the weekend with a heavy toll on civilians, resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives and more injuries.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon is [...]

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47 families are facing forced eviction fron the Borei Keila social land concession in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 32 of the families are affected by HIV/AIDS. The families have been living in the “green shed”, temporary accommodation whilst they’ve waited for over 2 years for new apartments to be allocated to them. Local authorities propose to [...]

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As a result of the international outcry following the video shown on ABC News on April 22, 2009 of  Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan torturing an Afghan grain dealer, UAE officials have announced that the sheik has been put under “house arrest” and prevented from leaving the country while the Ministry of Justice conducts [...]

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A few months ago, we received a request to disseminate a human rights survey.
Whilst some responses were received, more are needed in order to obtain the most diverse sample possible.
Please contribute to this survey, it’ll only take a few minutes.
The original human rights survey request can be read here.

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As the first anniversary of the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake approaches, news from China tells of earthquake victim’s relatives being harassed, activists being arrested and the media being obstructed.
The struggle of the many parents who lost their children (in many cases their only child) to find out the reasons why so many school buildings [...]

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Reprieve is currently working urgently on behalf of Samantha Orobator, a twenty year old British woman in jail in Laos. Samantha, who is also pregnant with a child due on 6th September, is now facing a hastily arranged trial and possible death sentence.
Samantha left home in July 2008 for a holiday and, after visiting the [...]

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Iran has executed a young woman convicted of murdering her father’s cousin when she was 17.  Human rights groups have criticised Iran for not complying with an international ban on executing juvenile offenders, the execution of 22 year old Delara Darabi took place last Friday in the northern city of Rasht. Neither her lawyer or [...]

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