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CHINA SETS UP 30 BILLION YUAN FUND TO BOOST SERVICES TRADE INDUSTRY
The fund was jointly set up by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and China Merchants Capital Investment, Xinhua said... READ MORE›
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US JUDGE RECEIVES 28-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR HIS ROLE IN KIDS-FOR-CASH KICKBACKS
Ciavarella Jnr filled the beds of the private prisons with children as young as 10, many of them first-time offenders convicted minor crimes... READ MORE›
FRANCE CAN NOW SHUT DOWN ANY WEBSITE AND SEARCH WHOEVER IT WANTS
Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON
An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›
LEGAL AID WORK REFUSED BY LAW FIRMS IN CUTBACKS PROTEST
She said firms in Merseyside, Manchester, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Durham and London were refusing to take work funded by legal aid from 1 July... READ MORE›
POLISH COURT TURNS DOWN US REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POLANSKI
Over the years, prosecutors and judges in Los Angeles have said that Mr. Polanski must return to the United States to face sentencing... READ MORE›
JUDGE DELAYS OSCAR PISTORIUS RULING
The prosecutor told Judge Masipa she had misinterpreted the law when she acquitted Pistorius of murder, and sentenced him to five years in prison... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›
JUDGE AARON PERSKY UNDER FIRE FOR SENTENCING IN STANFORD RAPE CASE
Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... READ MORE›
AS FRANCE AND BELGIUM STRENGTHEN SECURITY A CLASSIC DEBATE ARISES
Bart Tommelein, Belgium's federal secretary in charge of privacy, said that the restrictions on privacy would only apply to terrorism suspects... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS
There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›
U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›
CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM
BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›
SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›
AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY
Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›
AI WEIWEI CLOSES DENMARK EXHIBITION OVER REFUGEE LAWS
This decision follows the Danish parliament's approval of the law proposal that allows seizing valuables and delaying family reunions for asylum seekers... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON DISMISSES RISK OF RIFT WITH US OVER CHINA
Amnesty International has also promised demonstrations in London over China's human rights record... READ MORE›
AMANDA KNOX CONVICTION BASED ON POOR CASE
Knox and Sollecito had served nearly four years in Italian prison after a first, lower court conviction by a Perugia court... READ MORE›
POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM IN IRAN
But in announcing a conviction in October, Iranian authorities did not provide any details of the verdict... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES TAKES UP COMPLAINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY OIL FIRMS
Activists called the complaint one of a first wave of legal challenges seeking redress for human right violations from climate change... READ MORE›
TRUMP SUPPORTERS' FALSE CLAIM THAT TRUMP U JUDGE IS A MEMBER OF A PRO-IMMIGRANT GROUP
To recap this simple fact San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association ? National Council of La Raza... READ MORE›
CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD - IN 60 SECONDS
Dozens of people are believed to remain in prison 20 years after the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement and independent trade unions remain illegal... READ MORE›
'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE
Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›
U.N. CRITICIZES CZECH DETENTIONS AND STRIP-SEARCHES OF REFUGEES
The criticism follows reports by the Czech public human rights officer and multiple independent lawyers and non-governmental organizations working with refugees... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN MILITARY CALLS TODDLERS LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER A MISTAKE
Insulting the judiciary is a crime in Egypt, and many people have been convicted of the charge in recent years... READ MORE›