Asia’s rights record poor in 2013 – US

WASHINGTON, D.C.: From China’s crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia’s human rights record in 2013 remained poor, United States officials said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Releasing its annual Human Rights report, the State Department documented a litany of abuses across the continent, with especially strong criticism of North Korea, where it said conditions “remained deplorable.”