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(CNSNews.com) – In an address to the people of communist-ruled Vietnam on Tuesday, President Obama made a case for the importance of upholding human rights, prefacing it by saying that the United States, too, "is still striving to live up to our founding ideals." "No nation is
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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (CNA/EWTN News) — A Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was killed by armed gunmen early Monday morning. Father Vincent Machozi Karunzu was murdered March 21 by armed militants in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of
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(CNSNews.com) – Iran is maneuvering with its allies at the U.N. Human Rights Council to block Western attempts to renew the mandate of a special investigator into Tehran's human rights record – a man who has drawn contemptuous criticism from the regime for highlighting abuses. For the past
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(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Tuesday he intends to travel to Cuba in the coming weeks "to have a human rights dialogue" ahead of President Obama's scheduled visit next month. Meanwhile the Communist Party organ on the island, Granma, is spreading the
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"A Heart for Freedom" essentially tells two stories. On one hand, it is author Chai Ling's account of her role as commander-in-chief of the spring-summer 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests. On the other hand, the book relates Chai's conversion to Christianity and her 2010
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the European Union's prize for human rights and freedom of thought on Thursday (Oct. 29).
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