BANGKOK, Thailand -- About 6,500 ethnic Hmong, who illegally crossed the Mekong River into Thailand, suffered the death of a baby girl after Thai officials reportedly ordered people not to feed or help them.
Si Yang,...
Si Yang,...
Advertisement
01 July 2005
In recent weeks President Bush has given several speeches promoting Turkey
as the type of democracy that Iraq and Afghanistan should strive to
emulate. Mr. Bush even went so far as to state, “Turkey’s democracy is an
important example for...
23 June 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The world's most famous political prisoner, Burma's Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will not be celebrating a happy birthday on Sunday (June 19) when she turns 60, because she is locked under house arrest....
18 June 2005
Every year on the 3rd of May journalists all over the world celebrate
World Press Freedom Day to reiterate their commitments to fundamental
principles of press freedom and freedom of expression. As internal and
cross-border conflict...
08 June 2005
WASHINGTON -Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement today in reaction to Pope Benedict's anti-gay
comments regarding marriage. In talking about marriage equality the Pope
referenced "pseudo-matrimonies"...
28 May 2005
In Guatemala sexual harassment is not illegal. In El Salvador and Honduras hundreds of thousands of children work illegally. The minimum wage for a Nicaraguan manufacturer worker is $55.74 a month, less than what a U.S. union worker with a...
Pages
