Nobel Prize Winner Reports Human Rights Abuses In Iran

Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize winner from Iran discusses the current system of abuses on human rights activists by the Islamic regime inside her country. (0:59)

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Rep. Cao Praises Commission For Raising Awareness Over Human Rights Violations In Vietnam

Rep. Ahn Cao (R-La) applauds the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom for shedding light on issues regarding the violations of human rights in Vietnam. (0:20)
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The Right To Free Expression Is Democracy, Says the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama shared his definition of democracy Friday during his medal presentation at the Library of Congress. According to the Tibetian religious leader, democracy is defined by the right to free-expression. (0:18)
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Secretary Clinton Stresses Protecting Human Rights On The Digital Frontier

During remarks at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses the importance of protecting human rights on the digital frontier. (0:12)
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Wanted To Meet With Obama, Was Interrogated Instead

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) says that Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, wanted to meet with President Obama during his trip to China, but "instead got a harsh interrogation with the Chinese police." (0:35)
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House Republican Asks Where Human Rights Advocacy Went

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) says human rights advocacy has taken a backseat in Congress, at the White House, and in both parties. He says the President's decision to not meet with the Dalai Lama is an example of such absence. (0:23)
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Sen. McCain Calls Dalai Lama An Exemplary Moral Leader

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says exiled Tibetan Dalai Lama's rule has shown humility and kindness that is inspirational and fatherlike. (01:01)
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U.N. Radio Day: Senior Human Rights Officer With The Counter-Terrorism Committee

Talk Radio News' Managing Editor Victoria Jones sits down with Edward J. Flynn, the Senior Human Rights Officer with the U.N. Counter-Terrorism Committee about the world-wide state of human rights (7:53)
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Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) Disagrees With Obama Foreign Policy

Smith laments the Obama administration for caring more about the world economy than for human rights in China (0:34).
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Somalia's Piracy Problem

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Correspondent Michael Ruhl reports on the security and humanitarian crisis presently plaguing Somalia. Ruhl interviews Somalia's Ambassador-At-Large to the U.S., Abdi Awaleh Jama, and also speaks with Joel Carny from Refugees International.

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ICJ recommendation to United States: Uphold humanitarian law

International Commission of Jurists, on Feb. 27, 2009, held a panel at the Brookings Institution to outline their investigation into human rights during counterterrorism efforts. Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa, reads the report's recommendation to the U.S. to reaffirm its commitment to humanitarian law. (00:18)
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Culture to aid development in marginalized groups

Azza Karam, Ph.D., Senior Culture Adviser at the United Nations Population Fund, explains how culture can aid in development as opposed to standing in the way. (00:52)
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Interrogators pressed beyond envelope

Colonel Steven M. Kleinman describes how interrogation changed from being a means to gather information to a form of punishment for those who refused to cooperate (0:13).
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Colonel witnesses detainee abuse

Colonel Steven M. Kleinman describes an abusive interrogation in Iraq to House Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) (0:46)
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Durbin says companies must do their part on human rights prevention

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) thinks the burden of preventing human rights violations sometimes falls on private companies that choose to work abroad. (0:57)
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Microphones in taxi cabs are not a form of repression says author

Adam Segal, co-author of a an article published in the Foreign Affairs Journal, says that the installation of microphones in taxi cabs in China is not a form of repression, but rather a way to monitor for protests (:32).
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Globe focusses on Beijing's shortfalls

Elizabeth Economy, who recently co-wrote an article on the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the Foreign Affairs Journal, says that the Games were meant to be China's chance to come out to the world, but has now been transformed due to its serious shortfalls that have drawn criticism from around the world. These shortcomings include environmental concerns, internet access and broadening of human rights (1:06).
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Report, images show gross human rights abuse in North Korea

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs says that North Korea's human rights record is abysmal, and every day that it continues is an unacceptable day of oppression. He also says that he has seen satellite images of North Korea's extensive prison camp system, and has also seen reports of torture, forced abortion and even execution. He concludes by saying that the US remains committed to combating these injustices (:52).
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Citizen distrust and wasted tax dollars

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office, says that the inherent dangers of “fusion centers” is the sharing of information with no controls, no oversight and no structure to protect people’s first amendment rights. (0:49)


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U.S. acts locally not globally in the fight against human rights

Nancy Rubin, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, says that the U.S. has given the world a sense that the government is in the fight against human rights violations locally rather than globally. Rubin said U.S. is described as having hubris, a selective disregard for international law, as well as a contempt for having a disregard against the Human Rights Council. (0:47)
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