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June 15, 2017

Trump's Cuba policy would bar commerce with military-tied business, enforce travel rules

President Trump will announce efforts to restrict U.S. companies from doing business with Cuban ventures controlled by that country's military and strictly enforce rules on Americans traveling to the Communist nation, according to a memo seen by Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ.

June 12, 2017

‘Tear down this wall’: Reagan’s Berlin wall speech, 30 years later

The Berlin Wall was built with the assistance of the Soviets to keep people in East Germany – where they had established a Communist dictatorship -- from escaping.

June 9, 2017

Peacekeeper battalion in Central African Republic challenges UN 'war' on sexual abuse

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who in March vowed an all-out war on the plague of sexual abuse by U.N.-sponsored peacekeepers in vulnerable, strife-torn nations, is apparently locked in a major, closed-door chapter in that campaign—a struggle he so far does not appear to have won.

May 24, 2017

Chinese activist’s US residency won't slow his human rights work

While nobody would have faulted Chen for taking a much needed break after years of fighting against forced abortions under China’s one-child policy, corrupt officials and the mistreatment of the disabled, he is not one to rest on his laurels.

May 18, 2017

Trump administration sanctions Venezuela Supreme Court

The Trump administration Thursday imposed sanctions on members of Venezuela's Supreme Court following a series of rulings that the U.S. says has usurped power from the nation's opposition-controlled congress and sparked a deadly wave of unrest.

April 18, 2017

Is UNICEF helping all the child victims of peacekeeper sex abuse?

An investigation by the Swedish public television network SVT has reopened the issue with charges that the U.N.’s child relief agency UNICEF failed to follow up with care and support for some of the handful of children mentioned in the original investigative report of the so-called Sangaris scandal.

March 22, 2017

US declines to join letter criticizing China on human rights

The United States has declined to join other countries in criticizing China over allegations of torture against human rights lawyers.

March 17, 2017

Daughter of US pastor held in Turkey seeking Trump's help to secure release

The daughter of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was detained nearly six months ago and remains held in a Turkish prison without formal charges, is pleading for an audience with President Trump and asking for his help securing her father's release.

March 6, 2017

Ignoring UN, Russia and Assad continue Syrian chemical weapons and bombing attacks labeled war crimes

Ignoring a United Nations report that decried the use in Syria of chemical weapons, targeted air attacks on civilians and forced deportations, Russian and Assad regime air forces are steadily continuing the same illegal tactics while U.N.-sponsored peace talks founder in Geneva.

March 3, 2017

US says free expression, association on decline worldwide

Basic freedoms of expression and association are on the decline around the world, the United States said Friday in a report that warned of worsening conditions for opposition groups and human rights activists.