A Middle Class Revolution

Ben Ali's Tunisia showed all the signs of being a stable and relatively prosperous country. Until it imploded.

Beijing's Broken Promises on Human Rights

The National Human Rights Action Plan wraps up after two years, but confessions extracted by torture are still accepted in Chinese courts

Saudi Arabia: Rescind New Online Restrictions

Regulation Subjects Electronic Communications to Government Control

Hungary: Media Law Endangers Press Freedom

Problematic Legislation Part of Wider Concern About Country’s Rights Record

Iran: Rescind Execution Order for Kurdish Student

Habibollah Latifi to be Hanged on December 26

Honduras: Prosecute Post-Coup Abuses

Attacks and Threats Remain a Very Serious Concern

Ethiopia: Development Assistance Group Should Address Human Rights in Ethiopia

Letter to Kenichi Ohashi, Ethiopia Country Director for the World Bank

Q & A: Human Rights and the WikiLeaks Cable Release

US: WikiLeaks Publishers Should Not Face Prosecution

Letter to President Barack Obama

Bahrain: End Harassment of Prominent Rights Defender

Nabeel Rajab Detained at Airport, Equipment Searched Without Warrant

Egypt: Elections Marred as Opposition Barred from Polls

Violence, Arrests, and Fraud Allegations Widespread

China's Growing Intolerance of Peaceful Dissent Must Be Challenged

Supporters in China of the Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo have been harassed, interrogated or detained

Kuwait: Withdraw Charges Against Jailed Writer

End Criminal Penalties for Libel, Slander

Egypt: Systematic Crackdown Days Before Elections

Mass Arrests, Intimidation, Campaign Restrictions Make Fair Outcome Questionable