Residents From Red Road Flats March In Support Of Asylum Seekers

2010-03-13T06:30:28Z

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MARCH 13: Local people hold a rally from the Red Road flats in memory of three Russian asylum seekers on March 13, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. Around 200 people marched to the city’s George Square, from the flats in the Springburn area, where the asylum seekers apparently jumped to their deaths on March 7. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Senator Roy Ashburn on his long anti-gay record</div><div><p> <p>Five days after Republican California Senator Roy Ashburn admitted he's gay, the nation's two largest gay GOP groups have kept mostly silent on the issue, neither willing to call out the senator on his long anti-gay r...

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting

2010-03-12T22:30:12Z

<div><p>A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.</p><p>Much of the 2005 meeting to take stock of what countries had done to im...

U.S. criticizes Iran for religious persecution

2010-03-12T20:45:15Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States voiced growing concern on Friday about Iran's "ongoing persecution" of religious minorities, including Baha'is, and called on Tehran to protect human rights at home.</p><p>State Department spokesman US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a vibrant plea to give equal rights to women around the world.</p><p>"The subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States," the chief US diplomat told an international women's conference which closed Friday at

Mexico defends army courts after US rights report

2010-03-12T19:15:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico defends military courts, army abuses cited in US human rights report</div><div><p>Mexico defended its military courts system on Thursday after a U.S. human rights report cited reports of alleged abuses by the army and a lack of investigation in many of the cases.</p><p>The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a vibrant appeal Friday to give equal rights to women around the world.</p><p>"The subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States," the chief US diplomat said at an international women's conference which closed ...

China slams US on human rights, yuan

2010-03-12T12:15:48Z

<div><p>China on Friday slammed US criticism of its human rights and currency policies, alleging a campaign of defamation as relations between the two giant powers took a new lurch for the worse.</p><p>China rejected a tough US State Department report on its rights record, and took aim at President Ba...

UN expert slams 'horrific' abuse in North Korea

2010-03-12T10:16:07Z

<div><p>A UN rights expert has accused North Korea's regime of turning the country "into one big prison," saying widespread abuses by Pyongyang put it in a class of its own.</p><p>In a report due to be examined at the MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia indignantly dismissed U.S. criticism of its human rights record on Friday, saying the United States was guilty of its own abuses from Afghanistan to "the streets of America."</p><...

Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers

2010-03-12T09:00:15Z

<div id="subtitle">11 rare Siberian tigers die at cash-strapped Chinese zoo, raising questions of overbreeding</div><div><p>Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.</p><p>The deaths of the tigers o...

Two House Democrats Back Gay Housing Protections

2010-03-12T07:30:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Two House Democrats are backing a bill that would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the area of housing</div><div><p> <p>Two House Democrats are backing a bill that would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the area of housing.</p> <p>Representative Jerrold Nadler of

Dalai Lama doc wins Havel award at film festival

2010-03-12T07:16:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Dalai Lama documentary wins Vaclav Havel award at human rights film festival in Prague</div><div><p>A documentary by two Tibetan filmmakers tracing a year in the life of the Dalai Lama has won the Vaclav Havel award for its contribution to the protection of human rights.</p><p>"The Sun Behind...

Hundreds flee fresh Mogadishu unrest

2010-03-12T05:15:41Z

<div><p>Hundreds of residents fled Mogadishu Friday as fighting between government troops and hardline Islamist rebels erupted for a third day, injuring 19 civilians, witnesses said.</p><p>More than 40 civilians have been killed since Wednesday in the battles for control of the war-riven city.</p><p>Mogadishu Mayor Abdirizak Mohamed Nur u...

US slams rights abuses in China, N.Korea and Iran

2010-03-12T04:16:13Z

<div><p>The United States has issued a new report saying China and Iran's rights records had worsened, and raising alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination against Muslims in Europe.</p><p>In its annual report on human rights for 194 countries released Thursday, the

UN urges war crimes probe in Myanmar

2010-03-12T03:17:03Z

<div><p> A UN special envoy upped pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta Friday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.</p><p>Tomas Ojea Quintana made the recommendation in a report to be examined next Monday by the China fires back at criticism, says US ignores its own problems on human rights</div><div><p>China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling in other countries' affairs Friday — its standard response to Washington's annual review of United States said China and Iran's rights record had worsened as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and the discrimination of Muslims in Europe.</p><p>In its annual report on human rights for 194 countries, the Vermont processing facility that it should ...

China tells US not to 'politicise' yuan policy

2010-03-12T00:16:01Z

<div><p>China on Friday hit back at an attack from US President Barack Obama over currency policy, saying the yuan's value was not a political one and was not the key to global trade imbalances.</p><p>Obama Thursday called on China to adopt a "market-oriented" exchange rate policy, increasing the pressure on

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