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Free union elections for Foxconn workers – precedent or PR?
China Labour Bulletin China’s largest private sector employer is planning to hold “genuinely representative” trade union elections in an attempt to address growing worker discontent and prevent further...
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China’s dissident writers – ‘plucking feathers from a frog’?
“I think Kafka could not have written anything more absurd and unbelievable than this,” said Liu Xia (right), the wife of the jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo…. ….when she described [to NPR’s Louisa...
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Ethnic conflicts one of three threats to the ‘Burmese Spring’
Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean a ‘true revolutionary,’ says Aung San Suu Kyi Burma’s government today held talks with senior commanders of the rebel Kachin Independence Army in an effort to end a violent...
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US must place realism above values to ‘reset the reset’ with Russia?
US-Russian relations will remain strained as long as Washington continues to criticize the country’s human rights record, says a close ally of President Vladimir Putin. The US violated “a tacit...
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‘It’s the biggest threat to democracy in Europe …..’
Since the collapse of Communism, the Council of Europe has “become the first way station for former Soviet bloc nations aspiring to join a web of Western alliances,” writes Judy Dempsey, editor in...
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‘Miraculous’ Malala launches Vital Voices girls’ fund in video statement
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating the education of girls, has made her first video statement since she was nearly killed. In the brief statement...
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Kampelman – a role model for ‘the right and wrong ways to change your politics’
“If you’re not a socialist/liberal/radical at the age of 20, you haven’t got a heart. If you’re still one at 40, you haven’t got a head,” the cliché goes. But there’s an exception to every rule....
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As Bahrain offers reconciliation talks, any ‘prospects for democracy in Gulf...
Bahrain will begin reconciliation talks this weekend with opposition groups, Reuters reports, in an attempt to end two years of conflict over demands for democratic reform. Opposition groups contacted...
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The Leveretts’ Iran Syndrome
There has been a dramatic spike in public executions in Iran, says UN report “History is cluttered with the examples of academics, philosophers, renowned writers, and eminent advocates of humane ideals...
View ArticleTheories of Change in Democratization
What triggers increased citizen demand for democratic reforms in a relatively rich authoritarian regime? What elements contribute to the rapid breakdown of a relatively stable democracy? What accounts...
View ArticleRequest for Proposals: Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Nicaragua
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) invites organizations to submit proposals outlining program concepts and capacity to manage the following project in Nicaragua: Strengthening...
View ArticlePromoting Human Rights and Rule of Law in Yemen
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) seeks proposals to support Yemeni civil society efforts to promote human rights and increase transparency and accountability in the criminal...
View ArticleParty tries to crush New Citizens Movement, but activism growing in China
Activists in China’s New Citizens Movement were heartened when Xi Jinping came to power, vowing to stamp out corruption, promote judicial fairness and respect the Constitution, but he quashed their...
View ArticleCongress ‘goes global on human rights. Will the Administration follow?
On January 15th, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Global Human Rights Accountability Act (S. 1933), which would enact visa and banking bans on the most serious human...
View ArticlePartial justice undermining Côte d’Ivoire trials, say activists
With just a single trial concluded out of the 86 cases arising from Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010-2011 post-poll violence, concerns are emerging that justice is being undermined by political compromises,...
View ArticleEritrea’s rights abuses under fire at UN review
Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and torture were just a few of the violations Eritrea was accused of during a UN review of its human rights record Monday, AFP reports: Diplomats gathered...
View ArticleAlgeria: allow rights groups to visit
Algeria should uphold the values of the United Nations Human Rights Council by allowing UN human rights experts and international human rights nongovernmental organizations to visit the country, five...
View ArticleChina faults UN report on North Korea’s atrocities, rights abuses
Chinese officials on Tuesday criticized a United Nations report that served notice to Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he might be personally held liable in court for crimes against humanity...
View ArticleVietnamese court rejects dissident’s appeal
One of Vietnam’s most prominent dissidents lost his appeal on Tuesday against imprisonment for tax evasion, as dozens of supporters protested outside the court against the communist state’s crackdown...
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