China
China: Workers’ representatives held
Free Wu Guijun! Free the Guangzhou 12!
Asia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Latest news on Esenbek Ukteshbayev – solidarity needed
Esenbek Ukteshbayev, arrested as part of last weeks housing protests, is being held in solitary confinement and denied access to even a lawyer. In response, he has gone on hunger strike
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Mass arrests of housing campaigners
Police reinforcements called in against new protests
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Provincial election shows Rajapaksa regime can be challenged
Building a left alternative; link fight against regime with struggle of oppressed Tamils and system change
Pakistan
Pakistan: False police case against Comrade Hameed Chanah
Socialist and union organizer targetted by feudal lords and corrupt state officials
China
China: Trial of Bo Xilai, most important in 30 years
Regime risks internal earthquake, as power struggle sharpens
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Jailed activist awarded human rights prize
Vadim Kuramshim’s courageous campaigning recognised by lawyers’ prestigious award
China
China: Regime at a crossroads
New leaders facing economic and political crisis
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Radio programme lifts lid on dictatorship’s prisons
But fails to explain widespread conspiracy of silence
Malaysia
Malaysia: Economy worsening
Further burden on working class and young people