China warns against "interference" ahead of U.S. rights talks
The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing’s crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
China warns against "interference" in U.S. rights talks
The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing’s crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
Australia PM talks rights with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a “backward step”.Continue Reading
Misrata: Ciudad de lágrimas
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora sobre situaciones de crisis de Amnistía Internacional
Ayer, cuando las fuerzas leales al dirigente libio coronel Gadafi se retiraron de Gheiran –uno de los barrios de Misrata situado justo al sur del centro de est…Continue Reading
Australia PM talks rights with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a “backward step”.Continue Reading
Australia PM meets with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a “backward step”.Continue Reading
Rights group: Scores detained across Syria
A Syrian human rights group says dozens have been detained across the country, a day after the army’s deadly raid on a southern city at the center of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard woos China, presses on human rights
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, at the same time seeking to boost trade with her country’s biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.Continue Reading
Campaign to bar Syria from UN human rights body
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
Australian PM meets with China’s Wen
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, kicking off a visit in which she has pledged to press Beijing on human rights and discuss growing trade.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard to woo China, press on human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she will press China on human rights and North Korea in meetings in Beijing on Tuesday, while seeking to boost trade with the biggest consumer of her nation’s coal and iron ore deposits.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard to woo China, press on human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she will press China on human rights and North Korea in meetings in Beijing on Tuesday, while seeking to boost trade with the biggest consumer of her nation’s coal and iron ore deposits.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka: UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry
(New York) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should act on a UN Panel of Experts’ recommendations to establish an international independent investigation into abuses during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict that ended in May 2009, Human Rights Wa…Continue Reading
Minorities are Collateral Damage in the Battle for Pakistan’s Soul
Q: Following the assassination of Salmaan Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti, calls for the repeal of the Blasphemy Law have become muted. Now one only hears a few feeble calls for amendments. Do you think the Blasphemy Law is now beyond repeal.
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UAE: Activists Arrested for ‘Opposing Government’
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