human rights
12 pieces tagged “human rights”, newest first.
Just Who Are China's Political Prisoners?
The Uyghur Muslims are just the tip of the crimes-against-humanity iceberg.
ChiComs Gloat as NBA Cuts a Courageous Critic
Enes Kanter Freedom has been bravely outspoken in his criticism of the Communist Chinese, and it just cost him his job.
Racism Is Now U.S. Foreign Policy
The question of human rights gets a very wrong answer from Biden's UN ambassador.
China's Rampant Human-Rights Abuses
The State Department's latest report nails Beijing's taskmasters for their tyranny.
America's Welcome Exit From the UN Human Rights Council
The U.S. is done giving legitimacy to this farcical group of human rights abusers.
The Beauty Queen That China Is Desperate to Stifle
Resistance to tyranny comes in many forms, but Anastasia Lin may be first activist to take the fight against dictatorship to the glittery ranks of a beauty pageant. Lin, a 25-year-old actress and model, was crowned Miss World Canada in May. By rights, she should have been in the Chinese resort city of Sanya for the welcoming ceremony of the 2015 Miss World competition last Monday.
Put Rouhani to Test by Placing Human Rights at the Center of His European Tour
This weekend and early next week Hassan Rouhani will be making his first visit to Europe as the president of Iran. The first time for anything is special and this has the potential to really be a historical visit. Rouhani is scheduled to meet with the leaders of France and Italy, and they can make this a new chapter for relations between Iran and Europe, and to some extent the West as a whole. But this status is not guaranteed simply by the fact that Rouhani is the first Iranian president to visit Europe in a decade. Neither will the historical impact of the visit be determined by the trade agreements that he will try to sign, or the types of concessions he will seek from his European counterparts.
Iran: Withdraw the Welcome Mat for Rouhani at the UN
The United Nations officially came into existence exactly 70 years ago when its charter was ratified. It was supposed to be a force for peace, coexistence and respect for human rights. According to the Preamble of the UN charter, "We the peoples of the United Nations determined … to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war … to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person." Fast forward 70 years.