Obama raises rights as Chinese President arrives
US President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao sparred gently over human rights on Wednesday, opening a state visit in which calls for cooperation barely masked tensions over economics.Continue Reading
Obama publicly raises human rights with China’s Hu
President Barack Obama issued a finely tuned call for greater respect for human rights on Wednesday in his speech to welcome his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.Continue Reading
Obama raises rights in White House welcome for Hu
US President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao sparred gently over human rights Wednesday, opening a state visit in which calls for cooperation barely masked tensions over economics.Continue Reading
A Middle Class Revolution
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.
Keep dreaming…Continue Reading
U.N. sending human rights team to Tunisia: Pillay
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
Kosovo: EU Mission Needs Special Prosecutor to Investigate KLA
(Brussels) – The European Union rule-of-law mission in Kosovo should appoint an independent, high-level prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes by former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Human Rights Watch said today. An improved program for wit…Continue Reading
Group says survey confirms Myanmar rights abuses
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
Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights
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
Group says survey confirms Myanmar rights abuses
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
Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights
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
Corrected: Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights
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
Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights
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
CORRECTED – Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights
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Elections without Opposition
Egypt is still reeling from the recent elections for the People’s Assembly, the lower and primary house of the country’s bicameral parliament. The first round, on November 28, was marred by reports of fraud, violence and widespread denial of access to …Continue Reading
China’s Hu lands in US for state visit
China’s President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States Tuesday for a state visit promising frank talk over economics and currency disputes, but likely to expose a wide gulf over human rights.Continue Reading