Obama hosts Chinese rights advocates at White House
President Barack Obama met on Thursday with five advocates for human rights in China ahead of a state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, a White House spokesman said.Continue Reading
Obama hosts Chinese rights advocates at White House
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met on Thursday with five advocates for human rights in China ahead of a state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, a White House spokesman said.Continue Reading
China: US Should Recognize Critics of Chinese Government, Raise Deteriorating Rights Environment
(New York) – US President Barack Obama should use the upcoming state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao as an opportunity to demonstrate the US’s commitment to human rights in China, said a group of human rights advocates and China experts in a lette…Continue Reading
U.N. says third mass grave reported in Ivory Coast
The United Nations’ human rights chief raised the alarm on Thursday over a suspected third mass grave in Ivory Coast, as tensions remained high in the main city Abidjan after deadly clashes between rival camps.Continue Reading
U.N. says third mass grave found in Ivory Coast
The United Nations’ human rights chief raised the alarm on Thursday over a suspected third mass grave in Ivory Coast, as tensions remained high in the main city Abidjan after deadly clashes between rival camps.Continue Reading
China: Joint Letter to President Obama, January 2011
Dear President Obama,
To be a success, the forthcoming US-China summit should demonstrate your administration’s commitment to human rights issues in China.
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Analysis: Obama on human rights in China: agree to disagree?
Few diplomatic rituals are more predictable than U.S. presidents prodding Chinese leaders over China’s human rights record.Continue Reading
Analysis: Obama on human rights in China: agree to disagree?
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
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
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
Israel/West Bank: Jail for Peaceful Protesters
(Jerusalem) – An Israeli military appeals court’s decision on January 11, 2011, to increase the prison sentence of a Palestinian man who protested Israel’s construction of a separation barrier in the West Bank compounds the grave due process concerns r…Continue Reading
Promises Unfulfilled
This 67-page report details how despite the Chinese government’s progress in protection of some economic and social rights, it has undermined many of the key goals of the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) by tightening restrictions on rights of…Continue Reading
China: Human Rights Action Plan Fails to Deliver
(Washington, DC) – The Chinese government has failed to deliver on commitments in its first-ever National Human Rights Action Plan (2009-2010) to protect key civil and political rights over the past two years, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China’s human rights ‘action plan’ short on any action, say rights groups
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
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