China on Friday condemned a US report about Chinese human rights violations, calling it “fraught with prejudice”, and said that problems in the US meant it had no right to lecture other countries.
Activists in Azerbaijan took to the streets to protest ongoing human rights abuses as the country prepares to host Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. Demonstrators fear mass arrests once the foreign media depart after the competition.
Is Mali’s freshly-signed agreement to restore democracy in doubt? Malians express shock after the beating of their interim president by supporters of the junta that could have been stopped, say François Picard’s guests.
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York City on Saturday, a month after sparking a diplomatic crisis between the two countries by escaping house arrest and taking refuge at the US embassy in Beijing.
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York City on Saturday, a month after sparking a diplomatic crisis between the two countries by escaping house arrest and taking refuge at the US embassy in Beijing.
Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist whose refuge in the Chinese capital's US embassy caused a diplomatic rift between the two powers, said Saturday he was at Beijing's airport and expecting to fly to the US. Neither he nor his family have passports.
Indians are the world's biggest tea drinkers and producers. Half of the country's entire output comes from the north-eastern state of Assam, but the conditions for many of those who work on its tea plantations are appalling. Workers earn well below the minimum wage and malnutrition is also common. Laws about facilities and conditions on tea estates exist, but many don't comply. Our correspondents Natacha Butler and Vikram Singh went to visit one such estate in the south of Assam.
Human Rights Watch issued a report Monday saying that NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year and accusing the Western alliance of underplaying collateral damage during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Beijing on Saturday after a week of negotiations with China over the fate of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who remained in the capital despite speculation he might leave the country with Clinton.
Chinese authorities said Friday that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply for a visa to study abroad, a move that suggests Beijing and Washington may be nearing a deal on allowing the activist to travel to the United States.
