It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

I think it's ironic that the way the Chinese government prepares to host the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is by placing dissidents under house arrest.

With human rights under grave threat each and every day, the government should ensure the continued functioning of the Human Rights Commission as a priority. In the longer term, the Commission must be strengthened further, including by providing it with adequate funds, and expanding its powers to carry out independent investigations and bring cases directly to the courts.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.

Gay rights are human rights.

We are appealing to the United States as a world leader in human rights ... to urge the Chinese government from using force against its people,