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China and Russia Friday vetoed a proposed UN Security Council resolution demanding an end to political repression and human rights violations in Myanmar . The resolution was jointly sponsored by the United...

Human Rights Watch has urged the European Union to "fill the leadership void on human rights" left after allegations of torture and US detention practices have undermined American credibility in the human rights arena. In...

The Bush Administration said Thursday it will propose legislation easing some anti-terrorism restrictions in order to allow foreigners who have helped armed groups not considered terrorists to seek asylum or resettle in the United States. As a result of...

Government officials in Myanmar have granted amnesty to nearly three thousand prisoners, releasing them early in celebration of the country's Independence Day Thursday. Some 20 political prisoners were among the 2,831 released because their...

The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced by...

The UN's top political official has asked Myanmar's military government to release political prisoner and rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi after meeting with the rights activist over the weekend. Suu Kyi...

Iraq, Haiti, Guinea, and Myanmar rank as the world's most corrupt nations in 2006 according to the latest annual Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index released Monday. The report shows a strong link between poverty and...

Repeated allegations of widespread human rights abuses in Myanmar continue to go uninvestigated by the military government and its inaction remains the primary obstacle to securing human rights in the country, according to a new UN...

The military rulers of Myanmar Tuesday resumed discussions on a new constitution amidst criticism of the junta's role in the constitutional drafting process. The military has run Myanmar since 1962 and critics have noted...

US State Department officials testified Wednesday that the number of refugees admitted to the US has fallen by 23 percent as a result of provisions in the USA Patriot Act...