China’s Wen visits Britain amid release of rights activist
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.Continue Reading
China’s Wen visits Britain amid release of activist
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
U.N. says sending human rights team to Yemen
GENEVA (Reuters) – A team of United Nations human rights investigators will travel to Yemen next week to assess the situation after months of unrest, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday.Continue Reading
U.N. says sending human rights team to Yemen
GENEVA (Reuters) – A team of United Nations human rights investigators will travel to Yemen next week to assess the situation after months of unrest, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday.Continue Reading
Gay Marriage: The Issue Is Respect
Earlier this year, a student in a human rights seminar I was teaching declared her conviction that gay parents damage their children by virtue of being gay. I explained as gently as I could why this is a discrimin…Continue Reading
Gay Marriage: The Issue Is Respect
Earlier this year, a student in a human rights seminar I was teaching declared her conviction that gay parents damage their children by virtue of being gay. I explained as gently as I could why this is a discrimin…Continue Reading
Yemen: Probe Deadly Attack on Marchers
(New York) – Yemeni authorities should immediately conduct an impartial investigation into a deadly attack by soldiers on a peaceful funeral march on June 24, 2011, and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
Usmanov case represents critical moment for Tajikistan
GUEST BLOG: by a journalist who has just come back from Tajikistan.
The views expressed are not necessarily those of Amnesty International.
On Monday 13th June the BBC reporter, Urunboy Usmanov, left his office in Khujand, northern Tajikistan, as usu…Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia
One of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, was freed Sunday after serving more than three years for subversion — the latest in a series of high-profile dissident releases.Continue Reading
Duterte cautions human rights’ commission on rally vs killings
DAVAO CITY Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte supports to the indignation rally spearheaded by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Davao Region, but cautioned the agency from being used by other human rights groups that aim to criticize the government.In h…Continue Reading
China releases human rights activist Hu Jia: wife
China has released high-profile human rights activist Hu Jia after he completed a sentence of more than three years for subversion, his wife said in a Twitter posting early on Sunday.Continue Reading