The Obama administration should adopt recommendations in a report issued today to help stop the flow of stolen money into the United States. The report is the result of a detailed investigation by Senators Carl Levin and Tom Coburn into corruption in abusive, resource-rich states and the "enablers" that allow officials to funnel money out of their impoverished countries to spend lavishly abroad.

New York University's announcement today that it will require all companies to respect the rights of laborers building its campus in the United Arab Emirates is a significant step toward protecting migrant workers there.

In a groundbreaking speech at the Newseum on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reset U.S. policy on Internet freedom, emphasizing the vital need for governments, companies and technology providers to ensure that the World Wide Web is a force for human rights. Of course, the real test will come in how the Obama administration puts the new policy into practice.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on internet freedom today, in which she said the US will devote the "diplomatic, economic, and technological resources necessary" to press for internet freedom, could have broad implications for human rights online, Human Rights Watch said.

The Indonesian government's new regulations on military-owned or controlled businesses fail to dismantle the armed forces' damaging and dangerous business empire.

Google’s unprecedented announcement today that it will not accept censorship of its search engine in China is an important step to protect human rights online.

The computer industry should make it clear to the Chinese government that it will not cooperate in efforts to curtail access to information on the internet through government-mandated or provided filtering software such as the "Green Dam Youth Escort" program.

I am writing to express concern over the Chinese government’s directive of May 19, 2009, “Notification Regarding Requirements for Pre-Installing Green Filtering Software on Computers,” and the human rights implications it may have for your company in China and abroad.