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Some Americans and Europeans, particularly human-rights observers, say that China has cracked down on human rights over the last few years.

But after repeating so many times on the question of human rights . I'm really very reluctant to talk about it any more today .

She said authorities should not view respect for human rights as an obstacle, but as part of the solution in combating crime.

Torture in Syrian prisons, long known as some of the worst in the world, is now "rampant" according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Therefore, if Taiwan aims to become a state of human rights, it cannot avoid discussing such a serious issue.

She was the latest human-rights campaigner of international renown to be gunned down in Putin's Russia.

The court's ruling says Britain would be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights if it sent the two men back to Somalia.

It did not rest on a concept of personal human rights that ordinary people could call on to defend themselves against unjust rulers.

We are worse to their own countries in the name of the signatories of the Charter of Human Rights to respect the terms of a few?

Uribe said the operation was admirable in many ways, and it was a triumph for the armed forces, and respectful of human rights.

It is often vicious in its suppression of opponents and its disregard for human rights.

The regime has been illiberal and authoritarian. It is often vicious in its suppression of opponents and its disregard for human rights.

"About labor conditions and human rights violations, [the allegations] must be fact-based, " he said.

But there are few indications China is ready to have a serious human rights dialogue with the U. S. any time soon.

At least 250 people have been killed in Libya so far, according to the U. N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

He said Washington is asking Pyongyang to respect and treat the American in a manner consistent with international human rights law.

Gandhi was much more than a clever lawyer, a fine speaker, a determined fighter for human rights and a political leader.

Nevertheless, the human rights for disadvantaged groups have never been guaranteed effectively in liberal, and democratic Taiwan.

But after so many repetitions regarding this question of human rights, I am really very reluctant to talk about this any more today.

Obama said at the recent Saddleback Forum that the question of when babies should get human rights was above his pay grade.

Responsible for observing the human rights organization said the situation in Syria, the conflict has killed at least 453 people dead.

When it comes to human rights, too, the US seems to have drawn the conclusion it is not good policy to bad mouth its chief creditor.

We want to see a Middle East renewed in its respect of human rights and dignity, especially for her minorities.

He said the OAS must issue a clear demand for a return to constitutional order and insist that human rights be respected.

Well, the difference is, the human rights activists are actively trying to be seen, heard, and caught.

He urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay to take up the matter with the Iranian authorities immediately.

For Ms Mahfouz, it is a question of human rights for all Egyptians: "If I succeed there, I'll get women's rights. "

In recording the conversation with him, the U. S. cable has no mention of the words democracy, human rights, or fair trials.

"We advise the US side to reflect on its own human rights issues and not to position itself as a preacher of human rights, " he said.

Human rights activists believe that official figures might have been underestimated by a factor of four.

In January of this year, we resumed the human rights dialog with the US, which had been suspended for 4 years.

If any company should just give up the ghost and get out of China before making any more PR (and human rights) gaffes, maybe it's Yahoo.

In an attempt to rectify the situation, the U. N. General Assembly replaced the commission in March 2006 with the Human Rights Council.

China has always been a cosponsor country of the Human Rights Commission's resolution on the right to development.

At the time, Google said it believed that the attackers were trying to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

Russell said the leaders will also talk about strengthening cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation, peacekeeping and human rights issues.

Mr. Obama said the U. S. would not back down in its efforts to oppose human rights abuses around the world.

However, as I Shall argue, Rawls's account of the political conception of human rights has serious defects.

The Islamist leadership seems to have little control over the wilder jihadist groups, and is itself hardening on human rights.

Amnesty International and Europe's human rights body, the OSCE, said he must be freed immediately.

He said the Libyan government must 'face the cost of continued violations of human rights. '

A year later, Clinton headed to Beijing as secretary of state with a conciliatory message seen as downplaying human rights concerns.

But if the United States (with its pesky respect for human rights) is skeptical of your intentions, Russia presents a promising alternative.

He said the protests represent a backlash to Beijing's efforts to stifle human rights and religious freedom in Tibetan areas of China.

Dehumanization makes it all too easy to justify abuse, neglect, and violation of human rights.

I started to read books about human rights, and begged my parents to let me travel to South Asia with a human rights worker.

He said Beijing had made 'enormous progress' on human rights, and invited Americans to visit China to see that progress firsthand.

Abusive governments and their allies, trying to prevent the vigorous enforcement of human rights, have had no qualms about raising theirs.

So the political conception seems able to give an adequate account of the universality of human rights.

One goal of French diplomacy, he said in his election campaign, should be "to promote freedom and human rights on the international scene" .

Since day one of our relationship with the West, human rights have been a subject for discussion.

Mr Mosley argued that this "ambush" breached his right to privacy, under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Britain had maintained that human rights laws did not apply to its troops based outside Europe.

Of course, for much of its history the United States was no more an exemplar of human rights than were the Romans or the Mongols.

Drummond said the goal of the attack was to access the Google email accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

With that in mind, Foreign Minister Yang and I discussed the resumption of the human rights dialogue between our two countries.

Human-rights groups said the regime should free its most influential political detainees if it wants to show it is serious about reform.

Actually, it is something of seeking private interest in the name of democracy, freedom and human rights.

Then, human rights workers in other countries needed to have protection against their own governments, so it grew out of that.

The Americans, fed up at last with his wiliness and his human-rights abuses, began to part company with him in the late 1970s.

Human-rights campaigners said the plan did not go far enough to end impunity for the army.

China's foreign ministry's reaction to Levi's move, the book stated, was to argue human rights had nothing to do with it.

She said the U. N. body was in danger of losing its reputation as the protector of human rights for the sake of achieving consensus.

He said then that he wanted to be a "good human rights defender, not a dead one, but an alive one. "

"We always believe that conducting constructive dialogue and cooperation is the only way to promote and protect human rights, " he said.

The U. S. -based rights group Human Rights Watch says at least 61 people have been killed since the unrest began.

The judge said the refusal was a violation of her human rights.

Maintaining the commonweal nature of the state-run main medical and health care system is an important aspect of human rights protection.

But ASEAN is not prepared to cause a political controversy, despite its recent adoption of a charter that pays lip-service to human rights.

China, with its own poor human rights record, can be expected to try to tone down criticism of its wayward protege.

In these times, human rights fellowships might seem like a luxury, she said, but she urged a focus on the long-term effect of these efforts.

Lastly, I would like to say that the concept of human rights or the movement for human rights is only in its beginning stage in China.

Given the above differences, it is therefore not surprising that East Asia and the West do not always hold identical views on human rights.

Some observers said the announcement could be a tactical move to pre-empt criticism of China's human rights record over the next year.

She said human rights is one of the issues where China and the United States have fundamental disagreements.

For instance, they turn practically everybody into a potential human-rights activist, ready to take pictures or video of police brutality.

The West does not seem to notice the steady deterioration in human rights in Turkey, instead extolling it as a model for the Arab spring.

Even when the EU issues a statement of concern on human rights, it is often not backed by a comprehensive strategy for change.

But he said that his company took seriously the issue of user trust and was in regular contact with governments and human rights groups.

Prosper says the concerns of a state have to be balanced against human rights obligations, and protection and asylum needs.

Public support from Chinese politicians for democracy and human rights is often little more than lip service.

But it is surely now apparent that the protection of human rights in Afghanistan cannot ultimately be secured at the point of a foreign gun.

Mr. Liu has been a consistent advocate for fundamental freedoms and human rights for his fellow citizens and for peaceful political reform.

He said the US remained concerned about human rights abuses, the lack of democratic freedoms and the repression of ethnic minorities.

The western society declares it a highly civilized kingdom with fair human rights.

The issue, claimed les sages, the court's wise men, was one of human rights.

In general, a high degree of participatory government and human rights values seems to promote business as well as human development.

He has been a consultant for Natural Resources Defense Council, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and the U. S. Air Force.

Female genital mutilation of any type has been recognized as a harmful practice and violation of the human rights of girls and women.

Secretary Kerry said the State Department and USAID have provided assistance to democracy and human rights programs in several countries.

Female genital mutilation of any type has been recognized as a harmful practice and violation of the human rights of girls and women.

Secretary Kerry said the State Department and USAID have provided assistance to democracy and human rights programs in several countries.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense . . . human rights invented America.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stands ready to work together with the Chinese side to push forward the cooperation.

We said the case has to be judged on many levels, including constitutional law, human rights conventions and Turkish law.

But when human rights groups complained, as a haunting video of the hanging was circulated on the internet, he appeared to backpedal.

Before the meeting, Mr Obama referred tactfully to the intractable differences between them on trade and human rights.

The journalist and human-rights activist Hassan Al Amin said such problem were to be expected in a newly forming government.

There is nothing in the Bible or any other scripture about patents, trademarks or copyrights being fundamental human rights.

"They are certainly a bit more relaxed on human rights than they were a few months back, " said a British official.

"They are certainly a bit more relaxed on human rights than they were a few months back, " said a British official.

Dad: Torture. You mother's trying to fix you up with some divorcee. Human rights barrister. Pretty nasty beast, apparently.

Populations have risen up to demand democratic reforms and respect for human rights, and this includes the right to health.

Yang said that human-rights groups and foreign politicians were violating the Olympic Charter by trying to 'politicize' the Games.

The Soviet Union might have gone the way of China and had an economic liberalization that ignored human rights.

Google said it believed the attackers were trying to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists.

The International Federation for Human Rights says at least 700 people have died in Libya since the start of the uprising.

Finally, and crucially, on the issue of human rights, a matter that remains at the heart of American diplomacy.

The government says if the renegade colonel is captured it will to put him on trial for insubordination, corruption and human rights abuses.

Referring to the analysis of present women problems, Marxism is the only end-result of women's pursuit of human rights.

Referring to the analysis of present women problems, Marxism is the only end-result of women's pursuit of human rights.

Then there's the whole human rights argument, which inevitably comes to the front of the line whenever China is involved in a deal.

But that deal was announced as frictions between the two nations appeared to increase over human rights and economic policy.

The human-rights organization Amnesty International was established in London.

The lessons that she goes through do not conform with the internationally received standard of human rights.

While human rights protection is an issue, the right of the public to personal safety should also be considered.

There's been no statements by the Prime Minister on individual consular cases or on human-rights issues in more than a year.

But President Obama and I see protecting human rights and freedoms, we see it in a larger context, as well.

Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, recently argued that the Human Rights Act only instructs courts to "take account" of Strasbourg rulings.

Rights groups say the case is part of a larger effort by China to clamp down on lawyers who take on human rights cases.

Rights groups say the case is part of a larger effort by China to clamp down on lawyers who take on human rights cases.

First, Chinese officials themselves said the games would bring human-rights improvements. The opposite is true.

Mr. Bush called for the U. S. Congress to lift the Soviet-era amendment, which tied trade with Moscow to its human-rights record.

The U. S. , it argued, uses human rights as 'a political instrument to defame other nations' image for its own strategic interests. '

As an example, let me take a moment to speak about the issue of human rights, which is an essential element of U. S. global policy.

The declaration describes justice, equality and dignity as basic human rights of every man, woman and child.

Why post-apartheid South Africa, once a shining beacon of human rights, is cosying up to nasty regimes around the world.

Since the opening of this session, some delegates including that from EU have made improper comments about China's human rights situation.

The health of mothers and children "is at the core of the struggle against poverty and inequality, as a matter of human rights" .

"We believe that the cause of freedom, democracy and human rights defenders around the globe requires our best effort, " he added.

The "human rights" advertised by the imperialists are privileges of the rich, privileges to do anything on the strength of money.

In spite of their desire for good relations with China, the Congress of the United States at least supports Tibetan human rights.

Human-rights groups have found a pattern of violence and torture familiar from the army's earlier campaigns.

Think of an Alexander Calder mobile rather than a pyramid, suggests Renate Jaeger, the German judge on the human-rights court.

If Africa's leaders want to be taken seriously on democracy and human rights, they simply must speak out in a case as clear as Zimbabwe's.

Many told Human Rights Watch that their employers did not provide drinking water, hand-washing facilities, or toilets.

Human rights activists are globalists and multiculturalists tell us that we have no core culture - both undermine our sense of team.

"They seem to have been denied human rights, " he adds.

Some basic human rights would seem to be required of all cultures, but in many that is not the case.

As a full member of the Human Rights Council, the U. S. works to enhance the constructiveness and objectivity of the Council.

One of these was put in place simply for attending a human rights conference in a neighboring country.

In a thinly veiled criticism of the United States, he suggested the terror fight is being used as a cover for human rights abuses.

To say, human rights have nothing to do with true or false, but a request similar to trueness.

A report earlier this month by Human Rights Watch appeared to confirm that repression had grown even worse under Raul Castro's regime.

For the end of this massive human rights activists hope that the results achieved, most people do not have the exact idea of .

The U. N. human rights office said Tuesday that at least 536 people were killed in recent fighting in western Ivory Coast.

He is celebrated today as an international statesman and continues to speak out on human rights and other global issues.

The U. S. has sought other countries to take them in, after human-rights groups protested that they would face torture if returned to China.

They did not air your comments on human rights, some very personal comments you made about your own background.

Anneke van Woudenberg, who works with Human Rights Watch, she said civilians were left almost defenseless .

My goal is to transform an autocratic China that tramples human rights into a democratic and free modern China that respects human rights.

Last month Hague wrote to the foreign secretary in light of a report by parliament's joint committee on human rights.

For if you try to settle the conflict in a way that sacrifices human rights in the name of peace, you will end up with neither.

An Australian torchbearer also said she was pulling out of Thursday's relay in Canberra out of concerns over China's human rights record.

The United States is urging China to "put its best face forward" for the Olympics by improving its record on human rights.

Since reform and opening up, China has found a road for the promotion and development of human rights that suits its realty.

Since reform and opening up, China has found a road for the promotion anddevelopment of human rights that suits its realty.

Involvement in the activities of the WHO 'isn't just a political issue, it's a human rights issue, ' Ma said.

Both reports suggest that the group must acquire more bite, as a promoter of democracy and human rights, or else it might as well shut up.

A and China where the problematic human rights are being ignored apart from the periodic condemnations that have no holding effect.

Now, Minister Yang and I also spoke about areas where we do not agree, including human rights and Tibet.

In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties.

For other countries, however, "public diplomacy on our part may help protect defenders of human rights, " he said.

Human rights groups harbor apprehensions at the thought of a second life for Western military hardware in Uzbekistan.

At least 11 al-Qaeda suspects have "disappeared" in U. S. custody, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Some human rights groups said the initiative's code of conduct was weaker than they would have liked.

But these days America does seem to have a strangely high priority, given the enormity of human-rights scandals elsewhere.

These were developed in response to what we heard from democracy and human rights activists on the front lines.

The another viewpoint position basic right is supreme, is called as "the fundamental human rights" the theory.

The Bhopal gas tragedy has turned out to be a study in contrast between humanity and human rights.

Thousands of victims strongly demand for an investigation into the sinful Hi-tech crimes which covertly violate human rights worldwide.

The relationship between sovereignty and human rights is one of the fields full of controversy in the international relations theory.

There's no doubt about the relevance of human rights advancement to human development and about its reliance on human development.

The Concept that human rights are endowed by heaven in modern China runs into a dilemma with the absence of new life philosophy.

On Sunday, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said it had documented two additional mass executions.

IN ITS five years of life the United Nations Human Rights Council has been more pilloried than praised.

guarantee sth There is no doubt that our government can guarantee our basic human rights.

Dialogues of any sort, whether public or private, have greater impact when tied to concrete benchmarks, Human Rights Watch said.

Human rights groups have consistently argued that there can be no justice in Kenya without complete reform of the police service.

Physical abuse is not the only human rights violation children suffer in detention.

The reward: saving the Strasbourg court and reconciling the British with human rights, currently seen as a scoundrels' charter.

A U. N. human rights official later said there was no credible evidence to support the claim.

Human Rights Watch says Palestinian children are in a fact that's been deprived of their right to an education.

Sudan's government bears principal responsibility for five years of the Darfur crisis, Human Rights Watch said.

Under pressure by human rights groups and a string of court cases, the government has begun to address some of the program's worst abuses.

By drawing upon historical experiences, "we have found a path to promote human rights which is suitable to China's conditions. "

China's autocratic government, though a frequent and severe human rights abuser, is still relatively open and stable for an autocracy.

Human rights guarantee is the point of departure and ultimate value objective of constitutionalism.

Equal human rights mean human rights of each one is in the state of equality and each one has holy and inviolable rights.

Now, look, as I said, I recognize that some in China see our advocacy as -- human rights as an intrusion and Lord only knows what else.

Human Rights Watch staff in Osh received reports that in some cases entire neighborhoods had emptied out, with people fleeing attacks.

India has never really been able to articulate precisely which principles and ideas replace conventional human rights language and concepts.

It has closed her Centre for the Defence of Human Rights in Tehran and locked up three of her colleagues.

So, to give every individual victim of major human rights violations, the right to a remedy before an international human rights court.

Everyone, including LGBT people, should be free to enjoy the rights and freedoms laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Such contracts have been enforced by independent arbitrators, and can be a disincentive to governments to improve human rights.

So far, the least progress has been achieved in political and internal reform, especially in democracy and human rights issues.

Labor right, one of the human rights, is an essential civil right stipulated in the Constitutional law.

Human Rights Watch honors Elena Milashina for her courage in confronting Russia's deeply problematic human rights record.

Once designated as such, they will not be allowed to engage in anything to do with democracy, justice or human rights.

The invasion of the human rights is notoriously illegal and is always condemned by the people.

Later in 1989, he traveled to the U. S. to speak at Columbia University, where human-rights activists embraced him as a hero.

It must be held accountable for its failure to meet those responsibilities, and face the cost of continued violations of human rights.

Let me also say this: The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone.

The United States has been a leader on human rights issues, Brimmer said.

Mr Hu grimly gripped his lectern as Mr Obama delivered a statement in which he spoke of the universality of America's human-rights values.

'Mubarak is not going to be the agent of change, ' said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director of Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch documented a large number of atrocities, including ethnic cleansing, perpetrated by both sides during the war.

We also see Iranian citizens risking intimidation and death as they speak out for liberty and human rights and democracy.

This human rights lawyer was famous, before revolution, for her articles and her style of writing.

Recommit Navi Pillay, the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for a renewed commitment by member states.

On her visit to Mexico, U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay looked into problems including abuse of migrants and women.

Campaigners now have compelling documentary evidence of the human rights abuses that they had been alleging for several years.

Human rights groups say a large number of protesters have been detained although actual figures cannot be verified.

A Tory MP, Matthew Offord, is invoking human rights laws after officials told him he cannot bring his pet Max into his Commons office.

The United States, however, is one democracy that has been making democracy and human rights a major part of its foreign policy.

Protesters called on Australia's federal government to stand up to China over its human rights record in Tibet.

The struggle for equality and non-discrimination must be a rallying struggle of the human rights movements.

His daughter, whom he must also kill if the stain is to be removed, has been given sanctuary by a human-rights organisation.

One of the first actions of this General Assembly was to adopt a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

To indulge such a cult is tantamount to reaction to science, blasphemy against civilization and trampling on human rights.

"THE right to work" is fundamental to all humans, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued by the United Nations.

Therefore, protecting basic human rights should be the top priority of these countries.

We exchanged views on the question of human rights and the fundamental importance of respecting and protecting these rights.

Egypt demanded that the U. S. actually investigate violations of human rights in Iraq expressed regret that the proposal was not accepted.

CNC World will no doubt take a different approach from its western competitors to issues such as Tibet or human rights.

At the next, he insists that his "primary objective" is to contribute to the ideals of democracy, human rights and justice.

Claiming the law violates "inalienable human rights, " Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking to have the American law repealed.

It also said the move would flout European human rights legislation and free trade rules.

The public relations division trumpets the company's commitment to human rights and fair labour standards.

Sultana Kamal, a leading human rights activist, says the system could be misused by political parties, especially by the ruling party.

China continues its good cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Human rights groups are raising concerns as the United Nations General Assembly prepares to elect 14 new member states of the U. N.

And Clinton vowed that she will not be " shying away from talking about human rights issues. "

Despite pressure on Mr. Bush to raise human-rights concerns with Chinese leaders, the U. S. president isn't expected to speak out loudly.

Dr. Sohrab Razzaghi has been arrested and is being detained as a result of his peaceful and legitimate human rights activities.

The UN Office for Human Rights said the assaults were carried out over New Year in a village in north Kivu province.

International human rights organizations have never been given access to the complex, which opened in June 2004.

An integrated society is able to provide people with democracy, freedom, human rights, equality, equity, justice and peace.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says they discussed such issues as human rights, combating AIDS in Africa and poverty around the world.

Thank God someone in the United States will stand up for human rights. Can a corporation run for congressional office?

Human Rights Watch said no access to Mr. al-Jahmi has been allowed since August 2006 and his family does not know if he is alive or dead.

Human rights in Australia - the fear & smear Liberals are at it again over asylum seekers!

Education is one of the basic human rights written into the United Nations Charter.

He also spoke about individual liberties -- freedom of conscience, the right to hold and express contrary opinions, and human rights.

Human rights, one of Canadian values, indicate the freedom of a person and various democratic rights enjoyed by citizens provided by laws.

As a political principle, guarantee of human rights are established in constitutions all over the world.

Human-rights activists say Chinese workers and companies have been singled out for physical attacks.

VOA has learned that the U. N. chief has narrowed his list for the top U. N. human rights post to three candidates.

Ms Fujimori's main goal seems to be securing an amnesty for her father, who is serving a 25-year sentence for human-rights abuses.