http://www.newstatesman.com/columns/human-rights en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/08/china-jia-chinese-activist http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/08/china-jia-chinese-activist Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:21:28 GMT Peter Tatchell The Olympic Games are upon us, but one Beijing activist has found there's nowhere to run if you dare question the human rights record of the Chinese government

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/07/yemen-government-khaiwani http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/07/yemen-government-khaiwani Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT Andrew Gilligan When hundreds, maybe thousands, were killed or forcibly displaced in a northern region of Yemen, the government denied journalists access. One man managed to report from the area. He is now beginning a six-year jail sentence

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/06/music-binyam-torture-british http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/06/music-binyam-torture-british Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Binyam Mohammed, the British resident detained in Guantanamo, has been subjected to so much psychological torture by music that he could almost make his own gruesome compilation album

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/05/tiananmen-1989-china-justice http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/05/tiananmen-1989-china-justice Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Doreen Lawrence Ding Zilin's teenage son was shot in 1989 by riot police on their way to "clear" pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. She, and others, are still waiting for justice, but China's government does not even want them to mourn in public

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/04/british-torture-saudi-bill http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/04/british-torture-saudi-bill Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith The draft Torture Damages Bill is a fundamental test of the British government's commitment to human rights

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/03/lush-oracle-fair-reading http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/03/lush-oracle-fair-reading Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Human rights are trampled in unlikely places: a shopping centre in Reading is the latest example

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/eritrea-aster-2001-unknown http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/eritrea-aster-2001-unknown Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Glenys Kinnock Aster and ten others arrested with her have been held without charge since 2001. Their whereabouts are unknown. They are denied access family and medical treatment

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/yemen-give-rely-europe-america http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/yemen-give-rely-europe-america Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith "It's sad," said the imam. "In Yemen, we can't afford human rights for ourselves. We must rely on you, from Europe and America, to give them to us"

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/12/zimbabwe-jenni-women http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/12/zimbabwe-jenni-women Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Brian Haw Parliament Square protester Brian Haw on Jenni Williams and the Women of Zimbabwe Arise group - in association with Amnesty

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/11/refused-asylum-iran-afshin http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/11/refused-asylum-iran-afshin Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT Shappi Khorsandi A political activist who fled from Iran 12 years ago was refused asylum after poor representation in court. Now he doesn't even qualify for medical treatment

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