China’s ruling Communist Party is marking the anniversary of last year’s unrest in Urumchi with a campaign to win Uighur hearts and minds while still refusing to reveal details of the events or officially recognize the underlying causes of the …

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has used a landmark speech to the Community of Democracies to highlight “the steel vise” with which governments are restricting civil society and announce a fund to help activist groups to combat the growing …

Authoritarian regimes have “refined their techniques to stay in power, learning from each other and thinking two steps ahead of democratic forces,” writes The Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt.

“So at decade’s end, the correlation of forces, as …

Spain’s foreign minister will raise the issue of human rights in Cuba when he visits the island next week. A leading dissident today described the appalling conditions and brutal treatment  that imprisoned dissidents endure.

The current dialogue between Raúl Castro …

The European Parliament heard demands for an independent investigation into the death of Congolese democracy advocate Floribert Chebeya, notes Global Europe :

Setting up an inquiry into the death of the Congolese human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, stepping …

A year on from the unrest in Urumchi that followed the violent suppression of an initially peaceful demonstration, human rights activists are calling on China to accept an independent international investigation into the events.

A new report from the Uyghur …

A year after President Obama’s Cairo speech called for democratic reform in the Middle East, the region remains politically stagnant and its autocratic regimes dangerously complacent in the face of profound economic, political and demographic challenges.

His administration has the …