China fires back at criticism, says US ignores its own problems on human rights
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| China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling on Friday — its standard response to Washington's annual review of Beijing's human rights record. ... |
Global human rights report sees little change
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| The Obama administration's first global report on human rights differed little from the reports issued during President George W. Bush's second term, with the most notable exception being stepped-up criticism of the Iraqi government. In the latest ex ... |
China fires back at US human rights criticisms (AP)
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| AP - China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling on Friday — its standard response to Washington's annual review of Beijing's human rights record. ... |
For First Time, U.S. Will Submit Criticism of Its Own Human Rights Record to U.N. Human Rights Council
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 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that the Department of State is soliciting comments from citizens, advocacy groups and other non-governmental organizations on the human rights record of the United States. ... |
State Departmentâs Annual Human Rights Report Does Not Examine U.S., But the Next One Will
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 | Releasing this year's annual State Department report on human rights around the world on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters the Obama administration was 'committed to holding everyone to the same standard, including ourselves ... |
Dalai Lama doc wins Havel award at film festival
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| PRAGUE (AP) — A documentary by two Tibetan filmmakers tracing a year in the life of the Dalai Lama has won the Vaclav Havel award for its contribution to the protection of human rights. “The Sun Behind the Clouds” won the award at the 12th annual One ... |
US Slams China on Human Rights
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| The State Department releases its annual report on human rights violations around the world, with China getting a lot of criticism. The State Department releases its annual report on human rights violations around the world, with China getting a lot ... |
Tensions escalate over China’s currency
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| China and the US traded barbs over the economy and human rights, raising the temperature ahead of a possible showdown over currency policy next month ... |
Dalai Lama documentary wins Vaclav Havel award at human rights film festival in Prague
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| A documentary by two Tibetan filmmakers tracing a year in the life of the Dalai Lama has won the Vaclav Havel award for its contribution to the protection of human rights. ... |
US report cites European discrimination against Muslims - Summary
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| Washington - The US State Departement's annual report on human rights released Wednesday warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the const ... |
US raises concerns about human rights in Pakistan
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| Washington - Extrajudicial killings by the Pakistani military in the ongoing fight with insurgents have further added to human rights concerns in the country, the US State Department said Thursday. The State Department cited reports the military carr ... |
China calls U.S. a hypocrite over human rights
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused Washington of hypocrisy on Friday for its criticism of Beijing's restrictions on the Internet and dissent, blaming the United States for the financial crisis and saying its own rights record was terrible. ... |
China calls U.S. a hypocrite over human rights (Reuters)
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| Reuters - China accused Washington of hypocrisy on Friday for its criticism of Beijing's restrictions on the Internet and dissent, blaming the United States for the financial crisis and saying its own rights record was terrible. ... |
US human rights report: Hillary Clinton says technology advances aid activists, oppressors
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| US human rights report reveals concern about China's clampdown on advocates for democracy and Internet access. New technology tools are 'useful to both oppressors and to those who struggle to expose the failure and the cowardice of the oppressors,' s ... |
US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran (AFP)
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 | AFP - The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe. ... |
State Department says human rights conditions worsened in Iraq, Afghanistan last year
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| As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the State Department is blaming the Iraqi government for arbitrary killings of civilians and other human rights abuses. ... |
China Counters US Report on its Human Rights Record
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| State Council issues report accusing US of restricting rights of its citizens in a number of areas ... |
US Accused of Human Rights Violations
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| While US releases report on human rights violations in other countries, some say US needs to improve its own record ... |
US report: Afghan, Iraq human rights abuses up (AP)
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| AP - As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the State Department is blaming the Iraqi government for arbitrary killings of civilians and other human rights abuses. ... |
US report cites European discrimination against Muslims
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 | Washington - The US State Departement's annual report on human rights released Wednesday warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the const ... |
Web censure 'curbs human rights'
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 | Several governments have restricted freedom of expression on the web in 2009, says the US state department in its annual human rights report. ... |
China arrests more than 1,000 people for endangering state security
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 | About 1,050 people were charged with threatening China's state security in 2009, according to new figures from a Hong Kong-based human rights group. ... |
Obama administration blasts China over currency and human rights policies
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| The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asi ... |
Concerns on Iran in U.S. Rights Report
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| The State Department said in an annual report that the human rights situation in Iran had “degenerated” since the disputed election last year. ... |
Concerns on Iran in U.S. Rights Report
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| The State Department said in an annual report that the human rights situation in Iran had “degenerated” since the disputed presidential election last year.br ... |
European Union could ban 'Mosquito' devices because they infringe children's human rights
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| The European Union could ban controversial 'Mosquito' devices which emit high-pitched whine to help disperse youths from street corners, insisting that they infringe children's human rights. ... |
China rights record worsening in areas: US (AFP)
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 | AFP - China's human rights record was poor last year and worsened as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday. ... |
State Department Criticizes Abuses in Iran, China, Afghanistan, Burma
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| The annual report says Iran's human rights record worsened in 2009, particularly after disputed June presidential elections ... |
Rights group urges US, Europe to press Syria on human rights record
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| A human rights group is calling on Western nations to press Syria on its human rights record. ... |
Curbs on Media, Internet Rise Worldwide, U.S. Says (Update2)
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| Crackdowns on the media and on Internet use rose last year in China, Iran, Russia and other nations in an effort by governments to clamp down on dissent, according to the annual U.S. report on human rights. ... |
HRW: West should press Syria on human rights
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| A human rights group is calling on Western nations to press Syria on its human rights record. ... |
HRW: West should press Syria on human rights
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| HRW: West should press Syria on human rights ... |
Group takes Berlusconi to rights court on TV control (Reuters)
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| Reuters - A pro-democracy institute founded by billionaire financier George Soros filed a brief to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday saying Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on Italian TV was undemocratic. ... |
China: Protester Is Sentenced
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| Mao Hengfeng has been ordered to serve one and a half years of “re-education through labor” for shouting slogans about human rights outside a Beijing courthouse, according to a rights advocacy group. ... |
Alex Salmond says BBC TV debate snub is human rights breach
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| Alex Salmond has warned BBC chiefs they are breaching the human rights of the Scottish people by denying him a place in a televised general election debate. ... |
