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Burmese Monks Back in Streets

More than 100 march
as rights group slams junta over recruiting child soldiers

Oct 31, 07 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Picking up their quashed demands, more than 100 Burmese monks marched in defiance of the military junta today in the first marches since the government crackdown on pro-democracy protests late last month. "This is very significant... we are very encouraged to see the monks taking up action," one... More »

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human rights • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • Aung San Suu Kyi

Athletes Urged to Tackle China

New Republic wants sportsmen to condemn Olympic hosts

Oct 18, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - US athletes have a moral imperative to take a stand at the Beijing Olympics, the New Republic’s editors assert: The American delegation should follow Lee Bollinger’s example of “spectacular rudeness” next summer, condemning the Chinese for their brutal human rights record. It’s unethical to be hosted... More »

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China • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Black Power

Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction 

China is ignoring rights abuses for economic interests, Time says

Oct 15, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diminished US influence is allowing human rights violators in Darfur and Burma to get away with murder, Harvard expert Samantha Power writes in Time. America is speaking up louder than ever, but Uncle Sam’s diplomatic nadir makes for “a void in global human rights leadership.” China has... More »

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China • Darfur • genocide • human rights • US • Burma • Olympic Games

Rice Criticizes Putin's Iron Fist

She meets with human rights activists in Russia, offers support

Oct 13, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice criticized the "concentration of power" in the Kremlin today and pledged support to human rights activists, the BBC reported.  In Russia for already-tense talks on a proposed missile defense shield, Rice also questioned the independence of the judiciary. One rights leader, however, said the stain of... More »

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human rights • Condoleezza Rice • Vladimir Putin • Russian democracy

Warrants Served for Pinochet Family, Staff

Indicted helped Chilean dictator to launder $27M into US accounts

Oct 4, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arrest warrants for embezzlement were issued today in Chile for associates of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, including his widow and five children, the BBC reports. The warrants allege that the accused helped Pinochet hide $27 million of state money in US bank accounts. The former dictator died in 2006 while... More »

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human rights • Chile • Augusto Pinochet • Michelle Bachelet

Envoy Leaves Burma After Talks

Warned junta against quelling protests, met Suu Kyi this morning

Oct 2, 07 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari left Burma today after meeting with a top general and a second meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, released from house arrest for the talks. Gambari, who was attempting to open dialog between the military junta and dissidents whose protests were brutally suppressed last... More »

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human rights • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Yangon • Ibrahim Gambari

Bush Unloads on Burmese Junta

Prez announces new sanctions, visa ban at UN

Sep 25, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush told the UN General Assembly today that the US will tighten economic sanctions on Burma and impose a travel ban on its military junta leaders. The US has long maintained an embargo against the country, which is now in its eighth day of anti-junta protests. “The people’... More »

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Middle East • Zimbabwe • human rights • Sudan • Cuba • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • human rights abuse • Aung San Suu Kyi • George W. Bush

Mugabe Critic Quits Over
Sex Scandal

Archbishop's supporters suspect regime is behind adultery lawsuit

Sep 12, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An archbishop and prominent critic of Robert Mugabe's regime has resigned his Catholic Church leadership position after being accused of having an affair with a married woman. Pius Ncube remains a bishop, and his supporters say they see the authoritarian Zimbabwean regime behind the scandal, which Ncube calls "a... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • human rights • Catholic Church • sex scandal • Vatican • resignation • Pius Ncube • scandal

US, China Grow Closer Despite Touchy Issues

Bush accepts Olympics invitation; talks recalls, environment with Hu

Sep 6, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush accepted an invitation today from China’s president to attend next summer’s Olympics, a gesture that will likely anger human rights activists but may increase pressure on Beijing, the Times reports. In a 90-minute meeting in the eve of the APEC summit, Hu Jintao and Bush... More »

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China • climate change • military • Australia • human rights • United States • Hu Jintao • APEC summit • toy recalls • Olympic Games • George W. Bush

In China, Yahoo
Names Names

Lawsuit accuses net giant of complicity in torture, human rights abuses

Aug 28, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo asked a US federal court yesterday to dismiss a human rights lawsuit accusing the company of abetting the Chinese government. Two imprisoned Chinese journalists accuse the Web giant of passing along information about users that led to the arrest, imprisonment, and sometimes torture of writers and dissidents, the San ... More »

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China • ethics • Yahoo • torture • human rights • lawsuit

Lay Judges
to Join Bench
in Japan

Will citizens temper Japan's courts, where 99.9% are found guilty?

Aug 25, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan will give citizens the gavel in an effort to counteract its judicial system’s prejudice for presuming guilt. Six citizens and three trained jurists will sit on criminal cases, and the majority will rule, Bloomberg reports. The new system follows a clamor of criticism about forced confessions, inhumane treatment... More »

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United Nations • human rights • Japan • execution • conviction • judge • Council of Europe • death row • confession

Pakistani Court Frees Terror Suspects

Bin-Laden go-between among dozens released before trial

Aug 23, 07 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of Pakistani terror suspects have been released from jail without trial following orders from the nation's supreme court that they be freed. The bold move by the judiciary against President Musharraf's tenuous rule is bound to elicit protests from the US and Britain. The most notorious prisoner released is... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • human rights • prisoners • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan • al-Qaeda

Psychologists Won't Impose Gitmo Ban

Group votes to list interrogation techniques it won't help with

Aug 20, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association has voted not to ban members from assisting with interrogations at Guantanamo and other military prisons, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Instead, the group approved a measure listing specific procedures members won't help with, including sleep deprivation and water-boarding. "If we remove psychologists from these... More »

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torture • human rights • prison • Guantanamo Bay • psychology • interrogation • American Psychological Association • sleep deprivation

Iran Executes 30 in Past Month

Aug 19, 07 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran executed up to 30 people in the past month, mostly in public hangings, in a nationwide crackdown on murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers, and other threats to "social security," reports the Observer. Human rights advocates say the sweep, also advertised as countering an alleged surge in US-backed... More »

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Iran • Tehran • human rights • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • execution • capital punishment • hanging • public executions • political activism

Dems Court
Rainbow Vote

At Forum debate, Hillary's pink; Obama's on the brink; Edwards, Richardson stink

Aug 10, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - All of the Democrats who appeared at last night’s gay rights forum touted their support of sponsor Human Rights Campaign—but it was Hillary Clinton who aced the tightrope test, according to Time’s Mark Halperin. Hillary managed to oppose gay marriage without playing defense, all the while supplying... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gay rights • John Edwards • Bill Richardson • gay marriage • human rights • presidential campaign • Human Rights Campaign • miscegenation • Election 2008

In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

Pollution, human
rights, food safety issues all draw fire

Aug 7, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins tomorrow, activists and Olympic organizers alike have been vocal in their concerns about the host city. The government is under fire for press harassment: journalists were detained for several hours yesterday after a Reporters Without Borders conference, and six Free Tibet... More »

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China • human rights • pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • Hu Jintao • Tibet • journalist • Olympic Games • air pollution

Extremists, Militias Target Gays in Iraq

Officials, human rights groups dispute extent of escalating violence

Aug 5, 07 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gays in Iraq are the targets of increasing violence by militias, police, and religious extremists, a largely unreported consequence of the 2003 US invasion. A fatwa is in place, reports the Chicago Tribune, and gays are fighting to emigrate to Sweden, Germany, and other countries. Recent reports by... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • human rights • homosexuality • fatwa • gays

Bush OKs New Interrogation Guidelines

CIA program will continue with "enhanced" methods

Jul 21, 07 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush set broad new limits for questioning of CIA terror detainees yesterday, the Washington Post reports. The new regulations for "enhanced" interrogations—used to press suspects by means not allowed in US military custody—are an attempt at partial compliance with the Geneva Conventions. More »

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CIA • torture • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • Geneva Convention • George W. Bush

Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

As top sites are banned, web surfers
rail against 'Great Firewall'

Jun 20, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frustration with government curbs on the Internet is growing among China's 140M web users. Wikipedia has been banned, and the censors recently shuttered photo-sharing web site Flickr, after a user uploaded a picture of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tens of thousands of human monitors and an elaborate filter system... More »

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China • Internet • Wikipedia • communism • human rights • censorship • privacy • online privacy • Tiananmen Square • online monitoring • Communist Party • Flickr • website

Vatican Shuns Amnesty International

Church urges Catholics to withhold support after shift on abortion

Jun 14, 07 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican is calling on Catholics to stop contributing to Amnesty International, a reaction to the human rights group's new stance on abortion. "AI has betrayed its mission," a prominent cardinal said this week, referring to the April announcement that the organization supports access to abortion services in... More »

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abortion • human rights • Catholic Church • Vatican • Amnesty International

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