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US to press China over repatriation of NKoreans
By AP News Tue, Apr 23, 2013 10:53AM UTC 0 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North’s vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among U.S. officials meeting in Washington this week with China’s...
China criticizes US for its human rights record
By AP News Sun, Apr 21, 2013 5:26PM UTC 0 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China slammed the human rights record of the United States in response to Washington’s report on rights around the world, saying that U.S. military operations have infringed on rights abroad and that political donations at home have thwarted the country’s democracy. The report released Sunday in China — which defines human rights...
US: Human rights worsening in China, Vietnam
By AP News Sat, Apr 20, 2013 7:46PM UTC 0 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Human rights conditions are deteriorating in China and Vietnam but improving in Burma as it continues on its bumpy path to democracy, the U.S. said Friday. The State Department also said in its annual assessment of human rights around the world that conditions in North Korea remain “deplorable.” The report said defectors...
Vietnam, US far apart on human rights
By AP News Fri, Apr 19, 2013 3:49PM UTC 0 CommentHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies. The women blocked the road leading to the dissident’s house, preventing a U.S. Embassy vehicle from reaching the house. The vehicle was supposed to take...
NKorea condemns UN call for human rights probe
By AP News Sat, Mar 23, 2013 3:21PM UTC 0 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has condemned a U.N. resolution approving a formal investigation into its suspected human rights violations. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that it will completely ignore the resolution adopted Thursday by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. The resolution calls for the creation of a team of...
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