China will increase the number of public trials for death penalty appeals during the second half of 2006, a legal scholar from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said Monday. Liu Renwen...
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International brief ~ EU to seek funding for Palestinians despite terror ban
Leading Monday's international brief, despite the status of Hamas as a listed terrorist entity, the European Union has announced plans at a foreign ministers' meeting Monday to attempt to work around a legal ban that prohibits European...
UN General Assembly president unveils proposal for new human rights body
UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson on Thursday unveiled a draft proposal for a new United Nations human rights body that would replace the highly criticized Commission on Human Rights . The blueprint describes...
Google, Inc. formally rejected a subpoena from the US Department of Justice for search data on Friday, arguing that the subpoena violated the privacy of Google customers and...
Several members of the US House of Representatives Wednesday sharply criticized US internet companies for complying with the Chinese government's censorship requests at a Human Rights subcommittee hearing . The hearing was called after Microsoft ,...
Yahoo! Inc. issued a statement Monday supporting freedom of speech in China in anticipation of its Wednesday testimony before the human rights subcommittee of the US House Committee on International Relations. The...
China Sunday issued it first guidelines on HIV/AIDS , banning discrimination against those infected by the virus and providing for free treatment. The new guidelines were promulgated in response to the already-large number of...
Anthony D'Amato : "Today, February 4, 2006, Senator John McCain speaking in Munich said that military action against Iran must remain an option if it did not bow to international demands to halt its nuclear activities....
UN ambassadors from Panama and South Africa Thursday circulated a draft compromise resolution in the UN General Assembly outlining provisions for a UN Human Rights Council to replace the current 53-member Commission on Human Rights...
Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Junichiro Koizumi pledged to introduce a bill to reform the 1947 Imperial Household Law , allowing women to ascend to the country's imperial throne during his annual...
