human rights

U.S. raising pressure on India over U.S. human trafficking visas

The U.S. government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restri...

Nov 12, 2015 03:22 AM EST

State Department says reviewing reporter incident during Kerry meeting in Uzbekistan

The U.S. State Department said on Monday it was reviewing an incident during a meeting of Secretary ...

Nov 03, 2015 12:37 AM EST

China to allow all couples two children to counter aging population

China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades...

Oct 30, 2015 02:31 AM EDT

Rights supporters throng palace route as China's Xi starts UK visit

Human rights protesters vied with China supporters and tourists to see President Xi Jinping ride in ...

Oct 20, 2015 08:41 AM EDT

South Africa plans to leave International Criminal Court

South Africa plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said on Sunday...

Oct 12, 2015 02:07 AM EDT

Activists alarmed about Indian laws curbing free speech amid charity crackdown

Human rights activists have called on India to reform or repeal laws that threaten free expression i...

May 21, 2015 09:30 AM EDT

Vietnam party chief to make U.S. trip, still at odds over human rights

Vietnam's Communist Party chief will visit the United States this year, Washington's ambassador said...

Mar 06, 2015 04:50 AM EST

Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages: monitor

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northea...

Feb 24, 2015 04:32 AM EST

Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists

Egypt's highest court has ordered a retrial of three jailed journalists working for Al Jazeera telev...

Jan 01, 2015 06:50 AM EST

Mauritania condemns man to death for 'insulting the prophet'

Mauritania on Thursday condemned a man to death for "insulting the prophet", a human rights group sa...

Dec 26, 2014 08:26 AM EST

American in North Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum: media

A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic a...

Dec 14, 2014 07:55 AM EST

U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign compan...

Dec 12, 2014 01:40 AM EST

Australian Senate inquiry finds government responsible for deadly asylum-seeker riots

The Australian government failed to protect asylum seekers in its custody during a deadly riot at an...

Dec 11, 2014 04:43 AM EST

France to help China in hunt for corruption suspects

France is ready to help China track down people suspected of corruption who may be on French soil, a...

Dec 03, 2014 08:33 AM EST

Gambia condemns EU pressure on anti-gay law, says to break ties

Gambia's foreign minister said the West African country would sever all dialogue with the European U...

Dec 01, 2014 04:48 AM EST

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