In my numerous trips to Tunisia for Human Rights Watch since the mid-1990s, I grew weary of Tunisian dissidents telling me that at any moment the people would rise up in revolt against their autocratic president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
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The United Nations is sending a team of human rights officials to Tunisia to look into weeks of violence and advise the new coalition government, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Wednesday.Continue Reading

A human rights group says a survey it conducted reveals flagrant and widespread abuses by Myanmar’s army, and could be used as evidence to prosecute the country’s military rulers for crimes against humanity.Continue Reading

President Barack Obama came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to publicly speak out against Beijing’s harsh treatment of political and religious dissidents during a state visit this week by Chinese President Hu Jintao.Continue Reading

A human rights group says a survey it conducted reveals flagrant and widespread abuses by Myanmar’s army, and could be used as evidence to prosecute the country’s military rulers for crimes against humanity.Continue Reading

U.S. President Barack Obama came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to publicly speak out against Beijing’s harsh treatment of political and religious dissidents during a state visit this week by Chinese President Hu Jintao.Continue Reading