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U.N. Elects Human Rights' Foes to the Human Rights Council

Nov 13 2012 - 2:38pm

The reelection of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council was a positive development in a largely disappointing election by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday, in which seven countries with poor human rights records—Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela—were also elected.

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Human Rights Defense, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations

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Americas, Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

China Media Bulletin

China Media Bulletin: Issue No. 38

Oct 27 2011 - 12:00am

A weekly update of press freedom and censorship news related to the People's Republic of China

HIGHLIGHTS
* TV regulator pares back 'excessive' entertainment programming
* State news outlets belatedly turn against Qadhafi
* Microbloggers punished for spreading 'rumors'
* U.S., citing trade impact, asks China via WTO to explain web blocking
* Tudou announces film-streaming deal with Disney

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Internet Freedom, Media Freedom

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Asia-Pacific

Experts

Sarah Cook

Senior Research Analyst for "Freedom on the Net" and East Asia

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Internet Freedom

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Asia-Pacific

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Special Reports

Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

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Human Rights Defense, United Nations

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