Hong Kong rights group snubs MP over free speech row
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A Hong Kong rights group has boycotted a meeting with a visiting British minister, accusing London of failing to speak up in support of pro-democracy politicians in the territory, a statement said.
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Human rights campaigners have urged the Kenyan government to stop an alleged shoot-to-kill policy against political protesters
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Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has slammed the refusal by European lawmakers to endorse Italy's candidate for justice commissioner because of his views on gays as an attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right government.
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BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- An activist who helped organize a petition complaining that Chinese want "human rights, not the Olympics" will be tried for inciting subversion against the state, his lawyer said Thursday.
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A prominent gay rights group in Britain is stepping up its campaign against what it views as homophobic lyrics by a number of reggae acts.
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Law lords rule that campaigners' rights to "freedom of movement and lawful assembly" were violated at an anti-war protest.
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New Hong Kong lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday, and one of their newest members &#151; a longtime activist &#151; shattered the solemnity by shouting pro-democracy slogans as he joined the system he has spent years protesting.
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Singapore police stopped an   opposition politician from leading a protest march past the   venue for the annual IMF-World Bank meetings on Saturday, again   highlighting the city-state's restrictions on freedom of   speech.
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Chinese authorities have refused to let a pro-democracy politician from Hong Kong visit Shanghai. The incident occurs just two weeks before an election that is being seen as a test of support for the city&#39;s democracy movement.
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Chinese police have banned a conference involving hemophiliac activists and are believed to be holding one of the main organizers for questioning, a source close to the organizers said on Saturday.
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Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the detention of a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician for allegedly having sex with a prostitute, and his sentencing without trial to six months of &quot;re-education through labor.&quot; ...
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BEIJING - The arrest of a Hong Kong pro-democracy candidate in mainland China on charges of soliciting a prostitute touched off a media furor in the former British colony yesterday and fueled suspicion that Beijing was trying to influence ...
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MPs criticise the decision not to discipline anyone involved in allowing a captured navy crew sell their stories.
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A judge bans the word from a sexual assault case, sparking debate over freedom of speech and the right to a fair trial
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An MP refused to admit defeat in a controversial bid to exempt MPs from the Freedom of Information Act today, despite opponents' claims it was effectively dead in the water.
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An MP is thrown out of the House of Commons for calling Geoff Hoon a "back-stabbing coward".
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Human Rights Watch accuses China of intimidation ahead of Sunday's election in Hong Kong.