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China authorites detain human rights advocate
Chinese writer, lawyer and human rights advocate Yang Maodong, commonly known by his pen-name Guo Feixiong , became the second leader of the New Citizens movement to be arrested on suspicion of disrupting the peace on Saturday. This follows the deta (More) |
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China authorities detain anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong
Chinese activist and lawyer Xu Zhiyong was arrested by Chinese authorities on Wednesday on suspicion of having "gathered crowds to disrupt public order." Xu, a law lecturer at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and founder of th (More) |
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UN rights council to investigate North Korea human rights violations
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday adopted a resolution establishing a commission of inquiry to investigate ongoing human rights violations in North Korea. The resolution was unanimously passed during the 22nd Regular Session of the (More) |
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UN rights expert urges international inquiry into North Korea violations
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman on Monday urged the international community to establish comprehensive investigative mechanisms to probe and document human rights abuses in North Korea. The report , presen (More) |
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UN rights experts urge investigation into North Korea political prisons
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman and a group of independent human rights experts on Thursday announced their support for an international inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic (More) |
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UN rights expert urges probe of North Korea
UN Special Rapporteur on North Korea Marzuki Darusman has urged the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In a report released Tuesday, Darusman noted the (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns human rights record in North Korea
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned [press release; UN News Centre report] the human rights record of people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling on the international community to make effo (More) |
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HRW: UN commission must examine human rights in North Korea
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Friday for a UN commission to examine human rights abuses in North Korea . The rights group stated that little has changed within the totalitarian government since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father Kim Jong-il in le (More) |
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HRW urges Angola to respect citizen freedom of speech
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website; press release] on Thursday released a report entitled Angola’s Upcoming Elections: Attacks on the Media, Expression, and Assembly alleging that the government of Angola [BBC backgrounder; JURIST new (More) |
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China detains hundreds of activists on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Chinese authorities on Monday detained hundreds of activists in Beijing marking the twenty-third anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The arrests came a day after the US urged China to free Tiananmen Square activists who are still in det (More) |
Dreyfus convicted of treason
On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism.
Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter J'Accuse...! by novelist and Dreyfus partisan Emile Zola.
