I think human rights only became an issue after World War II. Thats when the United Nations issued their Universal Declaration on human rights. This is kind of the rulebook, the dos and donts of human rights. When I look at the world today, it seems

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Forty-one years ago, the Helsinki Final Act recognized the universal significance of human rights and fundamental freedoms and committed every signatory nation to promote universal and effective respect for them. 41年前,《赫尔辛基协议》认可

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The Secretary of State recently re-designated Iran as one of ten Countries of Particular Concern for engaging in or tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. The state of religious freedom in Iran remains extremel

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The United States declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 to secure for all Americans their unalienable rights. These rights include, but are not limited to, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 1776年,美国脱离英国获得独立

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At the recently concluded session of the UN Human Rights Council, the U.S. played a key role in shaping the international response to urgent human rights situations. 在最近结束的联合国人权理事会上,美国在为国际社会如何应对紧

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At the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the United States refused to participate in the debate session devoted to human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. 在联合国人权理事会第34次会议上,美国

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Our bilateral dialogue on human rights serves the same purpose. 我们在人权问题上的双边对话具有同样目的。 In this important year when we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is imperati

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在这个演讲里,人权律师布莱恩史蒂文森通过讲述他与其外婆以及与帕克斯夫人之间的故事,告诉了大家一些美国司法系统中的骇人真相。演讲从讲述大规模的的种族不平等待遇开始:三分之

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The U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia's top investigator and four other Kremlin figures Monday for what the State Department calls notorious human rights violations. 美国星期一宣布,制裁包括俄罗斯调查部门最高官员在内的五名俄

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AS IT IS 2014-06-16 UN Human Rights Chief Criticizes Inaction on Atrocities 联合国人权首席谴责对暴行无所作为 The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights recently criticized the international community for failing to stop widespread ab

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Kerry Deplores Rights Violation in Eastern Ukraine 克里谴责东乌克兰的人权侵犯 The top United States diplomat says men, women and children in eastern Ukraine are being killed, tortured and raped. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made th

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Obama to Discuss Trade, Human Rights in Vietnam 奥巴马造访越南 谈及贸易和人权 President Barack Obamas three-day visit to Vietnam starts on Monday. His visit is expected to strengthen the growing economic and strategic relationship betwe

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Will Death of Fidel Castro Improve Human Rights in Cuba? 菲德尔卡斯特罗的死能改善古巴人权吗? Some Cuban-Americans believe the death of Fidel Castro means human rights abuses in Cuba will end. Jose Sanchez is one of them. We had a bad

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AS IT IS 2014-10-09 Activists Criticize Planned US Arms Sales to Vietnam 人权活动人士质疑美国对越军售 Last week, the United States announced it would partly end its 30-year-long ban on the sale of lethal, or deadly, weapons to Vietnam.

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Today, Snowden met with human rights activists and Russian politicians at the airport. A Russian news Web site showed video of the first time he had been seen since arriving from Hong Kong on June 23. Tatiana Lokshina of Human Rights Watch was at the

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Well, we got to see Edward Snowden for the first time in some time, publicly, on camera. Now that that day is ending in Moscow, are we any clearer about what his situation is? ELLEN BARRY, The New York Times: I think so. I mean, for one thing, we kno

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UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday led the top UN officials in appealing for increased political and financial pressure on those who commit, command or condone sexual violence in war zones. Addressing a

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The U.N.'s human rights chief said Wednesday that if elected the next U.S. president, Donald Trump would be dangerous from an international point of view. 联合国人权事务高级专员扎伊德星期三说,假如川普当选为美国下届总统,

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伊朗拒绝联合国人权决议草案 TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed on Wednesday a UN General Assembly committee's draft resolution about the violation of human rights in Iran, Press TV reported. The Islamic republic

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雅思写作技巧的灵活运用在备考中太重要了,所以小编希望同学们能够善于总结写作技巧,了解一下雅思写作评分标准,下面小编就来给大家介绍一下雅思写作在审题上有哪些需要注意的问题

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