SYDNEY, April 23, 2011 (AFP) – – Australian premier Julia Gillard must set an international example and tackle China on human rights rather than sidestepping the issue in favour of improving trade ties, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.Continue Reading

(New York) – Vietnam’s government should immediately release the writer Vi Duc Hoi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2011 for "conducting propaganda" against the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The appeals cour…Continue Reading

(New York) – The Pakistani government should petition for the full bench of the Supreme Court to review its decision to acquit five men accused of gang-raping a woman in 2002 under orders from a village council, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, amid a Chinese crackdown on government critics that the US condemned.Continue Reading

China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, amid a Chinese crackdown on government critics that the US condemned.Continue Reading

JEDDAH (Reuters) – Some 200 Shi’ites protested in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing east on Friday, calling for human rights reform and denouncing the demolition of Shi’ite mosques in nearby Bahrain, two activists told Reuters.Continue Reading

JEDDAH (Reuters) – Some 200 Shi’ites protested in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing east on Friday, calling for human rights reform and denouncing the demolition of Shi’ite mosques in nearby Bahrain, two activists told Reuters.Continue Reading