BEIJING, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Human rights groups Friday criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for saying human rights issues should not deter U.S.-Chinese cooperation.

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Chinese human rights activist and Nobel Peace prize candidate Gao Zhisheng has disappeared, activist groups in Beijing say.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- China should free Hu Jia, a human rights activist who criticized security measures for the Olympics, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch says China will inaugurate the Olympic Games Friday under a cloud of major human rights violations.

BEIJING, March 14 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch Friday asked India, Nepal and China to release Tibetans detained for trying to observe their 1959 uprising day against Chinese rule.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. military assistance to the Philippines has been effective in building counterinsurgency capacity, according to a forthcoming study for the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, but critics say it has come at the price of a U.S. blind eye to extrajudicial killings there.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Vietnam has released imprisoned dissident writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, but continues to hold other dissidents under house arrest, Human Rights Watch said.

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Human Rights Watch says China’s repression of dissent has intensified as the Communist Party gets ready for its 17th Congress next week.

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Human Rights Watch says Nepal’s draft bill on a commission to look into abuses during Maoist rebellion may deny justice to the victims.