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human rights
January 16, 2009
Pro-Choice Human Rights Activists Call Chinese Abortion Practices Torture
Panelists testifying for the United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China said the communist Chinese policy of controlling population by forcing women to have abortions constitutes torture.
Panelists testifying for the United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China said the communist Chinese policy of controlling population by forcing women to have abortions constitutes torture.
January 12, 2009
Afghanistan, Iraq Among ‘Worst of the Worst’ for Lack of Freedom, Human Rights Group Says
Despite the Bush administration's attempt to spread freedom and democracy in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan still rank among the least free countries in the world, according to Freedom House's 2009 Freedom in the World report, released Monday.
Despite the Bush administration's attempt to spread freedom and democracy in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan still rank among the least free countries in the world, according to Freedom House's 2009 Freedom in the World report, released Monday.
January 7, 2009
Ending Ban Might Expose Castro’s Cuba to Reality
Rights Group Prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban
Rights Group Prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban
December 10, 2008
No Unified Security Council Call for Mugabe to Quit
As Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis deepens, three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are pressing for President Robert Mugabe to step down, but the remaining two -- China and Russia -- have refrained from joining the call.
As Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis deepens, three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are pressing for President Robert Mugabe to step down, but the remaining two -- China and Russia -- have refrained from joining the call.
