Tag: Human Rights
Not guilty plea entered for Karadzic
The ICTY entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of Radovan Karadzic to genocide and war crimes.[MORE]
Karadzic argues for annulment
War crimes-accused Radovan Karadzic has demanded that the UN war crimes court annul his trial over procedural mistakes, threats against him and other lapses, according to a statement made public yesterday.[MORE]
Games puts China's politics under the spotlight
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The Games are over and debate has already begun as to whether they may have changed China.[MORE]
Praise for Games organisation, criticism over rights
China has won praise for organising an impressive Olympics, but rights groups remain critical.[MORE]
British woman jailed for Tibet protest to be freed
A British woman sentenced to 10 days in a Chinese jail for a pro-Tibet protest is to be released early and deported, the British Government has said.[MORE]
Protesters rally against China regime in Sydney
As the Beijing Olympics prepares for the closing ceremony, protesters have gathered in Sydney to highlight what participants say is the oppressive regime of the Chinese Government.[MORE]
We cannot force change in China: IOC chief
The International Olympic Committee is devoted to sports and cannot force changes in a sovereign state, IOC president Jacques Rogge said hours before the closing ceremony of the Beijing Games on Sunday.[MORE]
Kirby pushes for federal charter of human rights
High Court Judge Justice Michael Kirby has again called for Australia to adopt a charter of human rights.[MORE]
BHP chief sidesteps China criticism
The chief executive of the world's biggest miner and a major sponsor of the Beijing Olympics has refused to buy into criticism of China's human rights and freedom of speech record.[MORE]
Elderly women to be 're-educated' for Olympic protest: rights group
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to demonstrate at official Olympic protest zones have been ordered to serve one year each of reeducation through labour, a human rights group said.[MORE]
China rejects protest applications
China has received dozens of applications for demonstrations during the Olympics but none of them have gone ahead.[MORE]
Libs want sex offender register made public
The Opposition Leader Colin Barnett says he supports making the state's sex offender register public.[MORE]
Bush presses China on religious freedom in visit
US President George W Bush has pressed his case for wider religious freedom in China in frank conversations with the country's communist leaders and by attending a worship service at a Beijing church.[MORE]
Bush prods China on human rights again
US President George W Bush has taken another swipe at China on human rights and religious freedoms, a day before he holds talks with its leaders.[MORE]
Website blocking for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese
Olympic Games organisers say their controversial decision to block internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.[MORE]
GetUp wants reimbursement for pulled human rights ads
Advocacy group GetUp says they expect to be reimbursed for advertisements protesting human rights abuses in China that were stopped from going to air during the coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony.[MORE]
Rudd will continue to press China on human rights
The Prime Minister says he will continue to press China on human rights, after a meeting today with the country's Premier in Beijing.[MORE]
Bin Laden's driver to stay in jail indefinitely: Pentagon
Osama Bin Laden's former driver to stay in jail at Guantanamo Bay even after his sentence expires. [MORE]
Plans to sign UN torture protocol sparks Taser debate
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A decision to sign the Protocol to the UN's Convention Against Torture has reignited the Taser debate. [MORE]
China hits back at Bush on human rights
China says it is opposed to any outside interference in response to US President Bush criticising its human rights record.[MORE]
Another human rights protest in Beijing
As the Olympic Games draw closer, more human rights protests are breaking out in Beijing.[MORE]
Chinese political prisoners 'worse-off' in Games lead-up
A letter from a jailed Chinese dissident to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) claims the treatment of pro-democracy supporters in China has worsened in the lead-up to the Games. [MORE]
Bush chides China on human rights
George W Bush has used some of his bluntest language yet in publicly pressing China to improve its human rights record.[MORE]
Falun Gong's Olympic 'call for justice'
About 100 protesters from the Falun Gong sect have gathered in Sydney's CBD calling for greater scrutiny of China's labour camps during the Olympics.[MORE]
Doubts on human rights outcome as Rudd heads to China
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has flown out for China today but his promise to raise human rights concerns while he is attending the Olympics has done little to appease supporters of Tibet.[MORE]
