Human Rights
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 07:46
The bill explicitly assigns to military courts the crimes for which false positive cases are currently pursued by civilian prosecutors.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 07:08
There have been so many such incidents that human rights groups and analysts have begun to doubt the military's version.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 12:06
The dissident Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, or CCDHRN, said Tuesday that at least 963 arrests were made for political reasons last month on the Communist-ruled island.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 07:18
This report analyzes Tunisia’s draft counterterrorism law and assesses to what extent the proposed law conforms to international human rights standards. The draft law was submitted to the National Constituent Assembly, Tunisia’s parliament, by the Council of Ministers in January 2014 and is under review.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:47
International donors who withheld aid over Uganda's anti-gay bill "misinterpreted" the law whose main focus was to stop promotion of homosexuality to children and others, the government said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:42
The United States said on Monday it was troubled by Saudi Arabia's sentencing prominent human rights lawyer Walid abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison on charges that included seeking to undermine the state and insulting the judiciary.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:41
The Bahraini government declared a visiting senior U.S. diplomat persona non grata Monday after he met with representatives of a Shiite opposition party, and it took the highly unusual step of demanding his immediate departure from the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 14:29
African leaders have voted to give themselves immunity from prosecution for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in an African human rights court that does not yet exist, angering rights groups and puzzling activists on the continent.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 11:54
Rebels initially blamed the army for the El Aguacate massacre. But several years after a peace accord ended the war in 1996, a United Nations truth commission determined that rebels were responsible.