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CNN
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China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards." Yang Jiechi was responding to questions about a State Department report r..
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wor.ldne.ws
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Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging..
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Washington Times
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Europe's primary human rights body will vote on a proposal this week to defend the teaching of Darwinian evolution and keep creationist and intelligent design views out of science classes in state schools in its 47 member countries.
The unusual move sh..
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BBC News
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The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion.
The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch..
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BBC News
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Powerful governments and armed groups have been deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, a report by Amnesty International says.
The group's annual report on human rights says policies like those linked to the "war on terror" are cr..
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BBC News
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France has signed an extradition treaty with China despite concerns expressed by human rights groups over Beijing's use of the death penalty.
France's justice minister said a suspect would be extradited in cases punishable by death only if China guaran..
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BBC News
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The European Court of Human Rights has awarded a Polish woman 25,000 euros ($33,000; �16,000) in damages after she was refused an abortion.
Alicja Tysiac's eyesight worsened drastically after she had her third baby and she fears she may go blind...
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This Is London
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A Chief constable was accused of 'madness' last night after refusing to release pictures of two escaped murderers amid fears it might breach their human rights...
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FOX News
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Deep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya's national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind's oldest relics: Turkana Boy, as he is known, the most complete skeleton of a prehistoric human ever found...
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MSNBC
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Message of H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran To the American People..
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BBC News
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World leaders are failing to tackle human rights abuses around the globe, Amnesty International says.
In an annual report, the group says people are still being tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries.
In at least 54 states they face unfair..
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MSNBC
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A high-speed passenger train jumped its tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds. Authorities were quoted as saying human error was to blame.
Seventy people were in critical cond..
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CNN
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Olympic chief Jacques Rogge said Thursday that the controversial Olympic torch relay would go ahead but admitted that the International Olympic Committee had hoped that awarding the Games to Beijing would "advance the social agenda of China, including hum..
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BBC News
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Thousands of Palestinians have formed a "human chain" in Gaza in protest at Israel's blockade of the territory.
Organisers had hoped up to 50,000 people would make a 40km (25-mile) chain from Rafah to Beit Hanoun, but turnout was below expectation...
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Reuters
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The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.
"I would have no problems with describing this practice as falling under the prohibition of..
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CNN
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Seven doctors and pharmacists went on trial Wednesday for the deaths of more than 100 young people who died of a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones. Hundreds of family members packed the courtroom where the def..
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BBC News
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Disagreements over trade, energy, human rights and international affairs look set to dominate the EU-Russia summit near the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.
It is the last one that Vladimir Putin is due to attend as Russian president before he steps down ne..
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BBC News
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Large majorities in many countries now believe human activity is causing global warming, a BBC World Service poll suggests.
A sizeable majority of people agreed that major steps needed to be taken soon to address global warming.
More than 22,000 peo..
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CNN
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Tibetan groups urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday to pressure China into fulfilling the pledge on human rights it made when it was awarded the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "China had made a number of promises to the IOC regarding improv..
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FOX News
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The Bush administration on Tuesday added seven nations, including several key U.S. allies in the Middle East, to its human trafficking blacklist for failing to halt what it called the scourge of "modern-day slavery."
Countries on the list are subject t..
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