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China's UN Mission says countries should protect human right together

MaZhaoxu,headoftheChineseMissiontotheUNinGeneva,saidcountriesshouldworktogethertobuilda"communityofsharedfutureformankind"topromoteinternationalhumanrights.Mawa

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Pakistan pressed over 'abducted’ activists

Hundreds of people have held protests across Pakistan to demand the authorities trace four activists who have gone missing in the past week.

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Massacre survivors, relatives urge Japan to reflect in letter to UN

According to the memorial hall, the survivors and the victims' relatives chose to disclose the news on the Human Rights Day to draw worldwide attention and to urge the Japanese government to reflect on its aggression and the harm it did to the Chinese people.

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Obama marks 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday paid tribute to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by the then president Lyndon B. Johnson, saying he is a benefactor of Johnson's efforts as the first U.S. African- American president.

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China elected to UN Human Rights Council

China on Tuesday was elected to the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year term.

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Sri Lankan president appoints commission to probe war missing

Sri Lanka's president has appointed a three-member commission to investigate thousands of people who disappeared during a three-decade war ahead of a key visit by UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, the President' s Office said here Thursday.