The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
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Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave
Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.
Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China, activists say
The detainees were part of a group of some 300 Uyghurs who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of them to China in 2015, drawing condemnation.
Trump plans to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council
The president's executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.
Azerbaijan’s human-rights record is under fire as it prepares to host UN climate talks
Azerbaijan has carried out an “escalating crackdown” on government critics and activists over the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch and Freedom Now.
China frees American pastor after 18 years in detention
The State Department said that 68-year-old David Lin is coming home after being arrested in China on vague contract charges that he and his family deny. He had been jailed there for 18 years.
A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad
A Moscow court ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a hearing that was conducted in absentia as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition.
Heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
China has long quashed any memory of the killings, when the government ordered in the army to end the months-long protests and uphold Communist rule. The death toll remains unknown to this day.
What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?
Indian police accused Stan Swamy of terrorism. His supporters say he was framed and evidence planted on his computer. Some call it Narendra Modi's Watergate. Six years on, no one has resigned.
A monarchy reform activist in Thailand dies in detention after a hunger strike
Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, was a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known demanding reform of the monarchy and abolition of the law that makes it illegal to defame members of the royal family.