Tags: Human rights

Crackdown on dissent approaches Soviet levels

Freedom on the decline in Putin's empire

Refugees appear to be being brutalized by both sides

Not winning any hearts and minds that way

Rights few and far between in the kingdom

Unfortunately freedom has declined in more countries than it has improved

Procedure dates all the way back to 1972

Says human rights group

Kim Jong Un tried to project the look of a high tech leader

Lifts some trade restrictions but sanctions some accused of human rights abuses

Attempted to hijack a plane in the Xinjiang region

Chen Kegui had his house stormed by police after his uncle fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing

Touch somebody, go to jail

Upset rules on drone strikes were codified and not reformed

An historic visit to a country slouching toward reform

Report says it would improve lives of women and children in developing countries

Radical cleric not deported to Jordan because of human rights concerns

Ticked off over recent rulings

Jailed human rights lawyer and banned filmmaker honored