Lots of Afghans are disappointed and cynical because they feel like people who perpetrated serious human rights abuses have been allowed back in the parliament.

At some point it becomes a human rights issue. A hotelier might like greeting people and want to continue doing it. What right has the government to tax that person out of business?

We know that the Chinese authorities' views on Taiwan and human rights differ from ours,

In both cases, we want to see clearly what the human rights situation there looks like and how come these incidents took place.

We can have a dialogue on equal basis on all the questions, all the issues -- including human rights,

I said, 'I used to come and denounce your human rights violations,'