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Assessing the China Trip
Nov 21st, 2009 - New York Times
President Obama has faced a fair amount of criticism for his China trip. He was too deferential; he didn't speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results...
N. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA Says
Nov 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A UN human rights resolution againstNorth Korea adopted this week is “nothing but a trite politicalplot,” the communist nation’s state-run media said yesterday,citing a foreign ministry spokesman it didn’t identify.
Cuba remains repressive under Raul Castro, report says
Nov 18th, 2009 - cleveland
Associated PressHuman Rights Watch notes in a newly released report that Cuba's President Raul Castro has kept the "repressive machinery" in place. MIAMI -- Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raul Castro as it was under his brother Fidel...Domestic Policy Fights Limit Obama's Reach During Trip
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
BEIJING – Hectored over his economic policy, largely ignored on human rights and restricted in his efforts to reach out to ordinary Chinese, U.S. President Barack...
Russia, EU Meet for Mending Relations
Nov 18th, 2009 - VOA News
Russian and European Union leaders are meeting in Stockholm Wednesday in an effort to mend relations damaged last year by Russia's war with Georgia and a gas cut off. The two sides remain at odds on many issues.
Human Rights videos from YouTube:
4:32The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.humanrightsactioncenter.org Created by Seth Brau Produced by Amy Poncher Music by Rumspringa courtesy Cantora Records
9:50The Story Of Human Rights
A striking short film defining one of the world's most misunderstood subjects: human rights.
1:00Youth For Human Rights - We Are All Born Free & Equal
Youth For Human Rights ad #01 - We Are All Born Free & Equal
4:24Banned Speech: The UN Council That Created the Goldstone Report
TO SIGN UP OR DONATE: WWW.UNWATCH.ORG Hillel Neuer of UN Watch exposes the hypocrisy of the UN Human Rights Council, the body that created the Goldstone Report. For the first time ever, the Council president, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba of Mexico ...
Human Rights from WikiPedia:
Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education.
The history of human rights dates back thousands of years and is judged based upon religious, cultural, philosophical and legal developments throughout the years. Several ancient documents and later religions and philosophies included a variety of concepts that may be considered to be human rights.
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