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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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (IPS) - The United States, which traditionally  castigates  human rights violators before the United Nations each year, has   rarely or ever been formally condemned by the world body for its  own  transgressions of civil liberties.
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The US House of Representatives moved to prohibit US funding of the UN Human Rights Council, derided by one member as a &quot;poisonous talk shop,&quot; as part of a mammoth funding bill passed early Friday.
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China accused the United States of hypocrisy on Thursday in its annual response to Washington's criticism of Beijing's human rights record, saying it had no right to blacken the name of other countries.
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United Nations human rights   investigators said on Thursday that legislation proposed by   U.S. President George W. Bush for tough interrogations of   foreign terrorism suspects would breach the Geneva Conventions.
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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 State Department report that said Russia's human rights record has deteriorated in the past year was criticized by the government as aimed at furthering American political interests
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On Wednesday, the US State Department released its annual report on religious freedom around the world, accusing eight countries, including Saudi Arabia, of severe violations.
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Adel Hassan Hamad, who is suing the US government, claims that American values of freedom and democracy have been shaken.
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A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic countries despite their continuing violations of civil liberties.
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A human rights group said it had evidence of two previously unreported deaths of Afghan prisoners in US custody in Afghanistan, and accused Washington of covering up abuse of detainees.
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The United States would cut off funding to the U.N. Human Rights Council under a bill passed by the Senate, the latest action by Washington to target an agency it has harshly criticized since its creation last year.
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The United States is violating international law by holding prisoners in its war on terror incommunicado and in secret hiding places, Human Rights Watch said in a report to be published on Tuesday calling for an end to such practices.
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Non-Iraqi prisoners caught by US forces in Iraq may no longer be treated under the protections of the Geneva convention, according to a report in today&#39;s New York Times.
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China's human rights record is getting worse in some areas and Myanmar cements &quot;cruel&quot; misrule, with rape, torture and repression, the United States charged in its annual rights report Tuesday.
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The United States on Thursday criticized Russian proposals that would curtail the activities of international election monitors.
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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.