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Back to homepageBosnia: Mladic Arrest Ends Reign of Impunity 0
Post Views: 0 (New York) – The arrest of notorious fugitive Ratko Mladic almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide shows that no one is beyond the reach of the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Mladic, the former
Read MoreVietnam: Free Maverick Legal Activist 0
Post Views: 4 Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu is escorted by police after his trial by the Hanoi People’s Court on April 4, 2011. Cu Huy Ha Vu’s Sentencing Opens Landmark
Read MoreG8 leaders urged to champion human rights in the Middle East and North Africa 0
Post Views: 4 Foreign Ministers of the G8 countries meet in Paris ahead of this week’s Summit© US Department of State Leaders of the G8 industrialized nations should take bold action to support human rights in the Middle East and
Read MoreCôte d’Ivoire: Both sides responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity 0
Post Views: 5 Forces allied to both former Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo and incumbent Alassane Ouattara committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during six months of deadly violence following disputed elections, Amnesty International said in a report released
Read MoreChina orders suspension of death sentences 0
Post Views: 15 Earlier this year China reduced the number of crimes that carry the death penalty by 13 to 55 Continue reading the main story China has apparently introduced new standards to reduce the number of criminals it
Read MoreSpain – Amnesty International Report 2011 0
Post Views: 14 Allegations of torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement officials persisted, and investigations into such allegations continued to be inadequate. Spain refused to abolish incommunicado detention despite repeated recommendations by international human rights bodies. A man suspected of
Read MoreEl Paso: the city hears the first battle cries in America’s explosive immigration debate 0
Post Views: 8 A wave of migrants entering the US from a Mexico bloodied by the drug war promises to be the most divisive issue in the 2012 elections Ed Vulliamy in El Paso Barack Obama shakes hands with pople
Read MoreRape of women in DR Congo ‘tops 1000 a day’ 0
Post Views: 8 Average of 48 females aged 15-49 are raped every hour in DR Congo, 26 times more than previously thought, study reports More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, study reports [EPA] More
Read MoreMuslims in Europe face growing hostility: report 0
Post Views: 5 ?PEK YEZDAN? ISTANBUL A woman wearing an hijab walks past a shop in Paris. France, home to Europe’s biggest Muslim population, banned the wearing of full-face veils in public. AFP photo Hostility toward Muslims is growing throughout
Read MoreThe Women’s Movement in the Middle East 0
Post Views: 22 Tomgram: Shahin and Juan Cole Against all odds, they just keep tottering. I’m talking, of course, about the autocrats of the Middle East: first, Ben Ali of Tunisia, then Mubarak of Egypt, now Ali Abdullah Saleh of
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