US urges Philippines to take steps to stop extra-judicial killings
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The US ambassador on Monday called on the Philippines to end extra-judicial killings following two reports implicating top military commanders in a wave of political assassinations.
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The United States declared on Thursday that the violence in Sudan's Darfur region amounted to genocide and urged the world to back an expanded African peacekeeping force to halt the bloodshed.
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The Philippines has put rights activists, including a former U.S. attorney-general and members of church groups, on an immigration blacklist drawn up ostensibly to stop terrorists from entering, a rights group said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush expanded US sanctions against Burma's rulers yesterday, accusing them of "vicious persecution" of democracy protesters, and urged China and India to step up pressure on their neighbor.
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MANILA -- President Arroyo ordered Monday the police and the military to intensify the manhunt for two Abu Sayyaf leaders, Khaddafy Janjalani and Abu Soliman, being the masterminds in the Superferry 14 bombing last February.
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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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A U.S. watchdog group has called on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to put a stop to what it says is worker abuse at a factory in the Philippines that makes apparel for the retailer.
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The United States is pressing for international action over Myanmar&#39;s military junta crackdown on peaceful protests but is expected to again face opposition from China and Russia.
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MALAYBALAY CITY -- Killings of journalists have placed the Philippines near the bottom of the third annual worldwide index of press freedom repared by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontieres), an unsavory reputation shared by many other Asian
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MANILA -- A United Nations human rights expert criticized the Philippine military and government yesterday for not doing enough to solve a wave of political killings, many of which he said could be linked to government security forces.
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As the number of leftist activists murdered in the Philippines rises, Bishop Eliezer Pascua points to a constant among people speaking out on political matters in his country: No one feels safe.
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The US has urged the Burmese government to release the opposition leader, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, from house arrest &quot;immediately and unconditionally&quot;.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell reached out to Indonesia on Wednesday to accelerate the pace of dealing with human rights violations committed during 1999 violence in East Timor that killed 1,500 people.
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The Asian Human Rights Commission asked the United Nations Tuesday to intervene to end extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka, where it said at least 50 people were killed in the last month alone.
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The United States on Monday urged Thailand's new stop-gap prime minister, retired Gen. Surayud Chulanont, to work for an early return to democratic rule after last month's bloodless military coup.
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A Philippines government panel implicates the military in some political killings, backing the findings of a UN envoy.
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US President George W. Bush has urged the Senate to follow the example set by the House of Representatives a day earlier and pass a controversial bill setting out rules for detaining and prosecuting &quot;war on terror&quot; suspects.