Viet Nam Reverting to Less Freedom Even as Raising Real Economic Growth:
Facing off with China politically and seeking to become a driver in its own right of economic growth in Asia, Viet Nam (Vietnam) has…
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Responsibility to Protect Needs Prompt Response
“Six weeks ago, in visiting the memorial at Srebrenica, I said I did not want my successors to apologize years from now for…
Death Penalty in Secrecy & Lacking Due Process
UNSG Ban Ki-moon should refuse to meet Gambia’s strongman Yahya Jammeh unless/until such heeds the plea of UN officials to halt…
Australia Violates Human Rights & Loses Bid for UN Security Council?
Australia’s Parliament adopted an act that would allow the re-opening of offshore detention center for migrant asylum…
Myanmar Security Forces: "Instigation of & Involement in Clashes"
“Reports indicate that the initial swift response of the authorities to the communal violence may have turned into a crackdown…
UN Presses to Terminate Death Penalty
“The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by…
UN Security Council Must Refer Syria to ICC says UN Human Rights Chiefs
“Those responsible for attacks against civilians must be held accountable, and so I reiterated my call on the Security Council…
China’s New Human Rights Headache
Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from “house detention” after 7 years and promptly made his…
No Arab Spring for Environmental Rights & Its Defenders
Our environment is part of our human right, for our health and the future of our planet. Defenders of our planet and environment…
