Analysis: Obama on human rights in China: agree to disagree?
2011-01-13
Few diplomatic rituals are more predictable than U.S. presidents prodding Chinese leaders over China’s human rights record.Continue Reading
Citing rights failings, firm divests Cisco holdings
2011-01-12
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A US investment management firm has divested of its holdings in Cisco, accusing the networking giant of failing to respond to human rights concerns, particularly in China, and lacking transparency.Continue Reading
Activist manager sells Cisco shares on rights concerns
2011-01-12
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Activist investor Boston Common Asset Management LLC said that it has sold most of the 167,000 shares it held in Cisco Systems Inc, capping a lengthy dispute with the company over its human rights record.Continue Reading
China’s human rights ‘action plan’ short on any action, say rights groups
2011-01-11
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A two-year government “action plan” to protect human rights in China has proved to be “largely a series of unfulfilled promises,” a leading international human rights watchdog has found.Continue Reading
China fails on human rights plan: rights group
2011-01-11
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The continued use of torture, illegal detention, censorship and other offenses means China has failed to deliver on its first human rights action plan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
China fails on human rights plan, group says
2011-01-11
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A human rights group says the continued use of torture, illegal detention, censorship and other offenses mean China has failed to deliver on its first human rights action plan,Continue Reading
Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
2011-01-11
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An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed “detrimental to national security,” the activist’s lawyer said on Monday.Continue Reading
US slams ‘unjust’ verdict against Iran rights lawyer
2011-01-10
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The United States condemned as “unjust” Monday a guilty verdict in Iran against a prominent human rights lawyer, calling it part of a systematic attempt to silence defenders of democracy and human rights.Continue Reading
Top Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
2011-01-10
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Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Corrected: Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
2011-01-10
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(Corrects spelling of lawyer’s name to Parakand)Continue Reading
Iran human rights activist jailed for 11 years
2011-01-10
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An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed “detrimental to national security,” the activist’s lawyer said on Monday.Continue Reading
Top Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family
2011-01-10
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Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as an attorney and leaving the country, her husband told AFP on Monday.Continue Reading
Mosley takes privacy campaign to European court
2011-01-10
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Former world motorsport chief Max Mosley, who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago, will go to the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday to seek a major restraint on press freedom.Continue Reading
Mosley takes privacy campaign to European court
2011-01-10
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Former world motorsport chief Max Mosley who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago will go to the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday to seek a major restraint on press freedom.Continue Reading
Mosley takes privacy campaign to European court
2011-01-10
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Former world motorsport chief Max Mosley who was embroiled in a sex scandal two years ago will go to the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday to seek a major restraint on press freedom.Continue Reading