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Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

A media watchdog on Saturday called for the immediate release of a blogger sentenced by Egypt's military to three yea...

Media rights group warns Egypt blogger may die in jail

Despite Reports of Brutality Toward Civilians, Syria to Join U.N.'s Human Rights Council

Despite Reports of Brutality Toward Civilians, Syria to Join U.N.'s Human Rights Council

The brutal crackdown by Syrian President Bashar Assad may finally be getting the attention of world leaders -- but ap...

Despite Reports of Brutality Toward Civilians, Syria to Join U.N.'s Human Rights Council

Jimmy Carter says religious leaders discriminate against women

Jimmy Carter says religious leaders discriminate against women

Former President Jimmy Carter says much of the discrimination and abuse suffered by women around the world is attribu...

Jimmy Carter says religious leaders discriminate against women

China paper slams US after WikiLeaks claims

China paper slams US after WikiLeaks claims

China's state media on Monday said the revelations in Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks has tarnished the cre...

China paper slams US after WikiLeaks claims

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America's human rights record is less than perfect while st...

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

Inside Mexico's Drug War, Americans Allege Abuse

Inside Mexico's Drug War, Americans Allege Abuse

Two Americans were driving back to El Paso, Texas, last December after an afternoon across the border in Ciudad Juáre...

Inside Mexico's Drug War, Americans Allege Abuse

Amnesty Says Governments Aid Rights Abuses

Amnesty Says Governments Aid Rights Abuses

Powerful governments and political expediency are helping to perpetuate torture, war crimes and other human rights ab...

Amnesty Says Governments Aid Rights Abuses

Beer-drinking Malaysian Muslim model avoids caning

Beer-drinking Malaysian Muslim model avoids caning

A Malaysian Muslim model, who was sentenced last year under Islamic law to six lashes and a fine by a religious court...

Beer-drinking Malaysian Muslim model avoids caning

Yemeni fathers marry off pre-teen daughters

Yemeni fathers marry off pre-teen daughters

An article in Global Post introduces readers to the grim reality of child brides in the impoverished Middle Eastern c...

Yemeni fathers marry off pre-teen daughters

Record 70 journalist deaths in 2009: rights group

Record 70 journalist deaths in 2009: rights group

Seventy journalists were killed in 2009, making it the worst year since records began 30 years ago, the Committee to ...

Record 70 journalist deaths in 2009: rights group
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Opinion & Blogs
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
Secret panel can put Americans on "ki...

American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by...