The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it will seek a new term on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite concerns that the panel remains a hotbed of anti-Israel sentiment and a forum for repressive nations to deflect attention fr…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday that Bahrain authorities were harassing and isolating hospital patients wounded in anti-government protests when security forces began a crackdown in the kingdom two weeks ago.Continue Reading
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it will seek a new term on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite concerns that the panel remains a hotbed of anti-Israel sentiment and a forum for repressive nations to deflect…Continue Reading
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
BEIJING, China – Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Af…Continue Reading
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, the man’s wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Midd…Continue Reading
Chinese police have filed subversion charges against another human rights activist, his wife said Wednesday, the latest move against dissent since anonymous online calls urged Chinese to imitate pro-democracy protests in North Africa and the Middle East.Continue Reading
Mariing kinondena ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang insidenteng naganap sa kontrobersiyal na episode ng Willing Willie noong Marso 12 kung saan isang anim na taong gulang na lalaki ang pinagsayaw ng “macho-dancing routine.” (CLICK HERE to read re…Continue Reading
Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, saying the body should respect China’s judicial sovereignty.Continue Reading
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BEIJING, China – A U.N. committee has called on China to release a prominent human rights lawyer who has been missing for nearly a year, saying his detention violates international law.Continue Reading
China’s best known rights lawyer, missing for nearly a year, is being detained in violation of international law, a United Nations human rights body said in a statement made public on Monday, and it called for his immediate release.Continue Reading
More than a year after US President Barack Obama ended a US boycott of the UN Human Rights Council, diplomats and observers feel Washington is making its mark.Continue Reading