UN to support Bangladesh in consolidating democracy

Barack Obama criticises internet censorship at meeting in China

By: azhar12

  Barack Obama praised freedom of expression and political participation and criticised internet censorship as he spoke to students in Shanghai today, in the only public meeting scheduled for his three-day visit to China. The US president told the gathering of around 300 young people that his country saw such liberties as universal ...

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Obama presses China over rights

By: GMBAIG

US President Barack Obama has told China that individual rights and freedoms should be available to all. He told an audience of Chinese students that certain freedoms were universal - and not just limited to Americans. Speaking at a question and answer session in Shanghai, Mr Obama added that China and the US were not destined to be ...

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Joint Letter on Defamation Case against Usman Hamid of KontraS ...

By: etan009

Joint Letter on Defamation Case against Usman Hamid of KontraS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington, DC 20520 November 23, 2009 Dear Secretary Clinton,   We are non-governmental organizations long concerned with human rights and ...

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Veteran's Day - Fallen Who Fought for Freedoms

By: SpkTruth2Pwr

First called "Armistice Day" to commemorate the ceasefire between Allied Forces and Germany as World War I drew to a close, Veteran's Day evolved into a day to honor all veterans who served or died for the nation's beliefs, the nation's policies, and the nation's ambitions. This Ve

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