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Among the most active users of the Internet and emergent communication technologies have been youth activists, who have harnessed new social media, video and real-time

The Geneva Summit for Human Rights opened this morning with a high-level panel on censorship and Internet freedom, a core subject of the conference. The

The Geneva Summit turned to the humanitarian challenge of Genocide and considered Sudan as a case study. The panel was moderated by Colum Murphy, President

This afternoon’s first panel, “Authoritarianism and Dissent” featured human rights defenders spanning all regions of the world. “These people are trying to affirm the right

Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, which this year will focus on the discrimination against women in countries marred by authoritarian repression

“I was a political prisoner of the Chinese government. I saw torture and cruelty against my people,” said Rebiya Kadeer at this morning’s session of

Across the street from the public square dedicated to human rights pioneer René Cassin, an international coalition of thirty human rights organizations have come together

 Caspian Makan to protest Iranian government brutality   GENEVA, March 2, 2009 — Caspian Makan, the fiancé of slain Iranian icon Neda Agha Soltan, announced