US 'erodes' global human rights
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Violations of human rights by the US are undermining international laws, a leading rights group says.
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The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from close ally Britain, with an official British government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail.
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Corruption, detainee abuse and deplorable prison conditions were a problem throughout much of Latin America last year, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday, singling out Venezuela and Cuba for having the worst human rights records in the region.
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A State Department report that said Russia's human rights record has deteriorated in the past year was criticized by the government on Friday as skewed, confrontational and aimed at furthering American political interests.
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The UN anti-torture watchdog called on the United States to close any secret prisons it operates around the world and shut down its Guantanamo Bay centre because they breach international law.
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The violence ravaging Darfur was the world's worst human rights abuse in 2006, the US says in an annual report.
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In its fight against terrorism, the United States has eroded rights worldwide, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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The United States has added its voice to a chorus of international concern over the continued detention of Myanmar&#39;s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The United States has manifestly failed  to uphold obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman or  degrading behavior in the "war on terror" launched after Sept.  11, 2001, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, Amnesty says.
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The US, Russia and Sudan are accused of being the biggest violators of housing rights.
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A US-based human rights group has challenged Americaâs treatment of 11 al-Qaeda suspects, saying some have âdisappearedâ in US custody while others may have been tortured.
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The United States must set a better example for the world in areas ranging from its treatment of Latin American migrants to its handling of detainees in the war on terror, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.
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Amnesty&#39;s report -- &quot;Human dignity denied: Torture and accountability in the &#39;war on terror&quot;&#39; -- accused Washington of stepping onto a &quot;well-trodden path of violating basic rights in the name of national security or &#39;military necessity&#39;.
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The United States has manifestly failed to uphold obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading behavior in the "war on terror" launched after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
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A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms.
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Chicago Tribune - Human-rights organizations criticized the Bush administration Wednesday, saying in the three years since the Taliban was ousted from most of Afghanistan, the U.S. has not fulfilled promises of safety, freedom, education and health care for Afghan women.