China announces first human rights action plan

October 14th, 2009 The cases of human rights violation are very alarming in Bihar with Patna topping the violation list, according to a report of the State Human Rights Commission. According to the report, a total of 1,502 cases of human rights violation have been reported till September this year.

October 9th, 2009 China tells US to back off after Dalai Lama awardBEIJING — China accused the United States on Friday of meddling in its domestic affairs after American lawmakers recognized the Dalai Lama with an award for his efforts to improve human rights. The U.S. Congress presented the award, which was in honor of the late U.S.

July 29th, 2009 Rights group: China is world's top executionerROME — The number of prisoners put to death worldwide decreased in 2008, a human rights group said Wednesday, adding that China retained its position as the world's top executioner. Executions in the United States were down from last year, while Iran and Saudi Arabia also appeared near the top of the list of the world's top executioners, the anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain said in a report about 2008 and the first six months of this year.

May 28th, 2009 BEIJING - US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL met with China's President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the National People's Congress - and talked about North Korea and human rights abuses in Tibet. Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's record in Tibet, was greeted by pro-democracy protesters bearing a banner reading "Welcome Pelosi...

May 20th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Fiji's military regime, which invoked emergency powers last month, has barred the country's Human Rights Commission from investigating complaints, news reports from the capital Suva said Wednesday. President Ratu Josefa Iloilo - who abolished the constitution April 10 and introduced emergency powers, including media censorship and bans on political meetings - introduced the Human Rights Commission Decree 2009, which prohibits the body from investigating any complaints about the 11 decrees he has issued under the emergency powers.

May 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Main points of the prime minister's 100-day action plan: - Fresh stimulus to economy, put it on 9-10 percent growth trajectory - Tackle job losses especially in textile and diamond sectors - Emphasis on welfare policies in social sector - Prepare blueprint to carry out Congress party's manifesto promises - Modernise both security and intelligence mechanisms.

April 23rd, 2009 China says Obama should not meet the Dalai LamaBEIJING — China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October. Although a meeting has not been confirmed, every president since George H.W.

April 20th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Jackie Chan has caused uproar amongst pro-democracy groups after allegedly stating that the people of China 'need to be controlled' by a strict government. The action star, a Hong Kong native, reportedly spoke about the dangers of China adopting a democratic stance at a business forum in China's Hainan province April 18, reported contactmusic.com.

April 20th, 2009 China to clamp down on inmate abuseBEIJING — China plans to clamp down on inmate abuse at its prisons following more than a dozen suspicious deaths this year, according to a report by the country's highest investigative body. Since January, 15 people have died across 12 provinces while in police detention.

April 13th, 2009 BEIJING - "China has a long road ahead in its efforts to improve its human rights situation," though unremitting efforts have been made to promote and safeguard human rights since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, which "fundamentally" changed the fate of the Chinese people. The country published its first working plan on human rights protection Monday, pledging to further protect and improve the country's human rights conditions in an all-round way.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Tuesday said it will join the UN Human Rights Council, a body that was derided by former president George W. Bush as politicized and ineffective.

February 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Obama administration will follow a foreign policy showing greater respect for human rights as it engages other nations and peoples around the world. 'The challenges of this new century require us to summon the full range of human talents to move our nation and the world forward,' Clinton said Wednesday while releasing the State Department's 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

February 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her trip to China Sunday with a call for Beijing to invest more in US treasury bonds, warning both countries would 'rise or fall together' in the global slump. In an interview with the Shanghai Dragon TV channel, Clinton said 'it would not be in China's interest if we were unable to get our economy moving again.' 'We are truly going to rise or fall together.

February 23rd, 2009 CHICAGO - Wanting China to continue to fund US debt, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton avoided any public assertion over of Tibet and human rights during her first two-day visit to China which ended Sunday. At a time when the US economy is at breaking point, stepping on the toes of the largest holder of US government debt is so obviously counter-productive that Clinton had no choice but to sidestep the two issues.

February 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attended a church service and met a group of outstanding Chinese women in Beijing Sunday, before she left China and ended a week-long diplomatic tour of four Asian nations. Clinton visited the modern Haidian Church in a western suburb of Beijing, following meetings with top Chinese leaders Saturday.