Opinion | Human Rights, Not So Pure Anymore (Published 2012)
The Russian novelist, dramatist and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn visited Paris in February 1973.Credit...Jacques Haillot/Sygma — Corbis THE international commotion around the blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng aroused memories of earlier dissidents like Andrei D. Sakharov and Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, the Eastern bloc heroes of another age who first made “international human rights” a ral
Hope in a Sea of Dictatorship | Ahmed Rashid
Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images An elderly woman heading to a polling station in the village of Kyzyl Birlik, outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, October 30, 2011. One of the uncomfortable results of Pakistan’s late November decision to close down US and NATO supply routes to Afghanistan is that it has forced Washington to rely more on the Central Asian countries that border Afghanistan to th
Ai Weiwei accepts teaching job in Germany
The leading Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has accepted a teaching post at a Berlin university, a month after he was released from detention. But it is uncertain whether the Chinese authorities will allow him to leave because he remains under tight surveillance. Ai, who has endured what he described as "extreme conditions" and an 81-day detention in his home country, said on Thursday he was ha
Noam Chomsky criticises old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy
Hugo Chávez has long considered Noam Chomsky one of his best friends in the west. He has basked in the renowned scholar's praise for Venezuela's socialist revolution and echoed his denunciations of US imperialism. Venezuela's president, who hasrevealed that he has had surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous tumour, turned one of Chomsky's books into an overnight bestseller after brandishing it durin
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Detentions, and Aide’s Role, Anger Egyptians (Published 2011)
CAIRO � Vice President Omar Suleiman of Egypt has won the blessing of both the Mubarak and Obama administrations as the leader of a political transition toward democracy in Egypt. But human rights advocates say that so far Mr. Suleiman, who also is in charge of Egyptian intelligence, has shown no sign of discontinuing the practice of extra-legal detention of political opponents � a hallmark of Pre
Eamonn McCann: Britain and the US's hypocritical condemnations of the Egyptian dictatorship
A reminder to Barack Obama and David Cameron from Eamonn McCann about what they said before the Egyptian people rose up US president Barack Obama said on Friday, “The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States wil
BBC News - China's Hu says 'a lot to be done' on human rights
Chinese President Hu Jintao: ''A lot still needs to be done in China in terms of human rights'' Chinese President Hu Jintao has acknowledged that "a lot still needs to be done" in China over human rights. Mr Hu was speaking at a rare joint news conference with US President Barack Obama on the first full day of his state visit to the US.
Iran has hanged 47 people in three weeks, say human rights groups
Iran has hanged almost 50 people during the past three weeks, according to human rights groups. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said 47 prisoners, or an average of about one person every eight hours, have been put to death since the beginning of the new year. Most of the executions are believed to be related to drug-trafficking crimes, although at least two were of poli
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