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The Russia-China Veto: What Next for Syria?

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.07.2012

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Rajan Menon

The reasons behind the Chinese and Russia veto are clear. Alas, what's also clear is that it will worsen the violence in Syria, which, in turn, will increase the opposition's vengefulness when the regime falls.

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Russia Slams America's Human Rights Record

AP | Posted 02.27.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry has attacked America's human rights record in its first report on injustice elsewhere in the world, offering ...

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Hopes for the Human Rights Summit

Neil Hicks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Hicks

In today's interconnected world, America's national security and the peace of the world is fundamentally interwoven with the advancement of human rights and democracy everywhere.

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Arbi Khachukayev, Chechen Human Rights Activist, Abducted In Moscow

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechny...

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New Politkovskaya Probe Rejected By Russian Court

AP | KARINA IOFFEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — A Moscow court rejected a plea by the family of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for a new investigation into her death, lea...

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Natalia Estemirova: Russian Rights Activist Kidnapped, Found Dead

AP | MIKE ECKEL and MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — A well-known Russian rights activist was found slain execution-style on Wednesday, hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya – the ...

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Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen Leader, Fingered By Natalia Estemirova's Colleagues For Her Death

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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Natalia Estemirova was an increasingly rare breed in Russia. Committed to exposing human rights abuses committed by the ruthless leadership in Chechny...

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The Latest Neocon Attack on Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Urging Obama to stand up for human rights is all well and good. But what, exactly, would he accomplish by upbraiding Vladimir Putin for his lapses?

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Politkovskaya Murder Acquittal Overturned In Russia

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist wh...

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Lev Ponomarev, Russian Human Rights Activist, Attacked

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Ponomarev, the leader of the Moscow-based group "For Human Rights," was attacked and brutally beaten Tuesday in what the human rights activist is ...

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Anna Politkovskaya Trial: Russia Reopens Case

Nytimes.com | ELLEN BARRY and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW -- A day after a Moscow jury acquitted all three suspects in the murder of the prominent investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the presi...

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Stanislav Markelov: Russian Lawyer In Prominent Chechnya Cases Shot Dead

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — A Russian human rights lawyer renowned for his work on abuses in Chechnya was shot to death Monday by a masked gunman who followed him ...

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