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Group seeks release of Chinese dissident

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.

HRW: Olympics harm China human rights

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

HRW asks for release of Tibetans

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.

Analysis: U.S. military aid to Philippines

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.

Report: Vietnam releases rights activist

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.

HRW: Repression on rise in China

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.

HRW says Nepal's commission bill is flawed

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.

HRW: China media freedom under assault

BEIJING, May 30 (UPI) --

Vietnam cracks down on dissenters

NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) --

North Korea punishing border crossers

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 7 (UPI) --
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