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March 12, 2010
2009 Human Rights Report: Laos

The central government continued to deny citizens the right to change their government. Prison conditions were harsh and at times life threatening. Corruption in the police and judiciary persisted.

March 5, 2010
What is Human Rights?

Human rights are international moral and legal norms that aspire to protect all people everywhere from severe political, legal, and social abuses.

March 5, 2010
What is Non-Violent?

Nonviolence is an ideology that rejects the use of violent action in a conflict over power to attain social and political objectives.

June 11, 2010
China freezes military ties with U.S.

The Pentagon's military-exchange program with China for 2010 was canceled earlier this year because of Beijing's anger at arms sales to Taiwan, and military ties remain in deep freeze after the unusually combative exchange in Singapore last week between a Chinese general and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

June 3, 2010
Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile visits Stanford

The “Free Tibet” bumper stickers may have faded since the 1990s, but for Samdhong Rinpoche, Buddhist scholar and Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile, the issue remains as clear as ever.

May 31, 2010
Thai PM accused of human rights abuses

Thailand's prime minister has been accused of violating the human rights of anti-government Red Shirt protesters.

May 31, 2010
UN calls for Thai clashes inquiry

The UN has demanded an independent inquiry into recent unrest in Thailand, when more than 80 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters.

May 27, 2010
Pursuing justice: For all rights, for all people

Between January and May 2009, some 300,000 Sri Lankans were trapped on a narrow strip of land between the retreating Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the advancing Sri Lankan military.

May 18, 2010
Thailand: Military must halt reckless use of lethal force

Thai soldiers must immediately stop firing live ammunition into several large areas in Bangkok where anti-government protesters are gathered, Amnesty International said today.

May 16, 2010
Deadly Thai chaos continues as gov't rejects talks

Anti-government unrest boiling over in downtown Bangkok spread to other areas of the capital and Thailand as the military defended its use of force in a crackdown that has killed 36 people in four days. Thai leaders flatly rejected protesters' demands that the United Nations intercede to end the chaos.

May 15, 2010
Ten dead as Thai military lays siege to protesters

At least 10 people have been killed and 125 wounded over the past two days after the Thai military sealed off all access to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protest site in the Ratchaprasong commercial district of Bangkok. Three journalists—two Thai reporters and a Canadian cameraman—were seriously injured.

May 15, 2010
Thailand’s King Sees Influence Fade as Crisis Intensifies

A battle over Thailand’s future is raging, but the one man who has been able to resolve such intractable conflicts in the past has been notably silent: King Bhumibol Adulyadej, long a unifying father figure for his nation.

May 14, 2010
Violence spikes in central Bangkok, with police firing on rioting anti-government protesters

Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.

May 13, 2010
Renegade Thai General Reported Shot

A rogue army commander leading a militant group of opposition protesters was shot in the head Thursday as Thai army and police forces began blockading the site of weeks-long antigovernment rally in Bangkok's main shopping district.

May 13, 2010
Thailand will use armored vehicles to seal protest

Thailand's government planned a massive lockdown Thursday on a posh Bangkok neighborhood occupied by thousands of protesters and warned that troops will not hesitate to shoot armed "terrorists" who resist.

May 12, 2010
Vietnam Human Rights Day

Sixteen years ago, the United States Congress designated May 11 as Vietnam Human Rights Day to highlight U.S. support for protecting and promoting basic freedoms in Vietnam.

May 10, 2010
Thailand's Red Shirts Target Abhisit's Deputy

Thailand's anti-government protesters have said they would accept the Prime Minister's road map for reconciliation on the condition that his Deputy should surrender to police to face accusations of murder.

April 23, 2010
Explainer: What are the protests in Thailand about?

Thousands of anti-government protesters have once again brought Thailand’s capital to a standstill, as they seek to unseat a leadership — led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva — they say is illegitimate and undemocratic.

April 22, 2010
Protesters appeal for UN peacekeeping force

Red-shirt leaders appealed to the United Nations on Thursday to send a peacekeeping force to Bangkok to prevent the army using force to disperse the protesters.

April 22, 2010
Thai Red Shirts and military both sense the big battle is yet to come

Thai Red Shirts and military both sense the big battle is yet to come

April 15, 2010
Myanmar festival bombings kill eight, wound 94

The junta has in the past blamed bombings on anti-government dissident groups and separate ethnic rebels seeking autonomy in the former Burma, which has been under military rule since 1962.

April 14, 2010
Thailand's Red Shirts to protest again

The Reds, seeking immediate elections, have promised to turn up the heat on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who is under mounting pressure to resolve a crisis that has severely tarnished the country's image as a top tourism destination.

April 13, 2010
Burma Opposition Apologizes for Failing to Achieve Democracy

The party of Burma's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has apologized for its failure to bring democracy to the country because of repression by the military government.

April 13, 2010
Clinton hails expanding ties

US SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton has praised the growing partnership between Cambodia and the United States despite the suspension of a shipment of military trucks as punishment for the Kingdom’s deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China last year.

April 12, 2010
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit under mounting pressure

Thailand's army chief has called for parliament to be dissolved, apparently echoing protesters' calls for polls.