Human Rights
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 07:55
The law states that any act that "undermines" the state or society, including calls for regime change in Saudi Arabia, can be tried as an act of terrorism.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 14:06
In January both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate held hearings on the crisis of South Sudan.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:26
A prominent Kyrgyz rights defender has condemned an antigay fatwa issued by the country's acting grand mufti.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:21
Police in Uzbekistan commonly use torture as a way of extracting confessions, which then form the basis for sure-fire convictions in a court system heavily weighted towards the prosecution.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:15
The IDF will notify Palestinians before carrying out training in Palestinian villages and avoid doing so in “culturally or religiously significant areas,” in the Palestinian Territories, a military legal adviser said.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 11:58
These days the same conversation can land reporters in court on charges of aiding a terrorist group, a sign of where the country is headed three years after a popular uprising raised hopes of greater freedom.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 00:00
Police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 00:00
Covarrubias, a retired Chilean brigadier who is listed in an NDU document as a "professor of national security affairs," was charged three months ago with being involved in the deaths of seven political prisoners in Temuco, Chile, in 1973.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 00:00
Maritime interceptor fleets, information-sharing mechanisms, regional strategies and human rights were among topics covered by defense, law enforcement and civilian leaders from 20 nations who met in Santo Domingo Jan. 28-30.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 15:34