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Susannah Sirkin at Harvard Square Rally for Binayak Sen, MD
May 15, 2009. Human rights supporters gathered in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA for a vigil to call on India to release of Binayak Sen, MD. ...
Regions: India
Issues: Detention, Health, Justice
The US Detention System in Iraq
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been detained by the US, one and a half million have had an immediate family-member detained, almost every Iraqi knows someone who has been through the US detentio...
Regions: Iraq
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Juvenile justice
From paper to screen: 'House of the Dead'
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Regions: Brazil
Issues: Detention, Justice, Mental disability rights
Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound
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Regions: Asia, China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression
U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Prison
After fleeing persecution in their own country, asylum seekers often wait for months in jail-like facilities with miserable conditions....
Regions: United States
Issues: Detention, Justice, Prisons
Tortured Logic
How Medical Professionals Rationalized the Bush Administration's Torture Program. PHR responds to the release of the Senate Armed Forces Committee report on detainee abuse. ...
Regions: Cuba, United States
Issues: Crimes against humanity, Detention, Justice
Mixed messages from President Obama after 100 days
100 days after taking office, President Obama's record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International report. Photographs by Peter Von Elling
Regions: United States
Issues: Detention, Prisons, Torture
Screams for help at China's secret 'black jails'
Some Chinese seeking help from the central government against local injustices are instead ending up in secret detention centres controlled by local politicians. ...
Regions: China
Issues: Detention
Uzbekistan repression and lack of democracy in Central Asia
Following the murder of outspoken Uzbek journalist Alisher Saipov, we look at this Central Asian country which has won notoriety for its human rights abuses and repression.
Regions: Uzbekistan
Issues: Detention, Forced disappearances, Freedom of opinion & expression
A Message from Liu Xiaobo
Renowned literary critic, writer and activist Liu Xiaobo talks about freedom of expression in China.
