Human Rights
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 10:08
A popular Uzbek singer, Jasur Umerov, has been stripped of his performing license after he failed to take part in mandatory cotton harvesting.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 10:00
Hundreds of people have died in detention facilities in north-east Nigeria as the army tries to crush an Islamist militant rebellion there, according to Amnesty International.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:53
Last June, the African Union moved its summit to Ethiopia. Malawi, the planned host, had refused entry to Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Africans have often accused the ICC of targeting African leaders excessively and unfairly. SIMON ALLISON examines whether a new court formed by Africans for Africans will bring about impartial justice on the continent.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:51
Several MPs criticized Amnesty International who recently demanded that Kuwait drop announced plans to propose new measures to bar homosexuals from coming to Arab Gulf states.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:42
If the UN does not defer his trial, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's should not appear at the Hague, the AU says.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:41
Egyptian security forces used live ammunition on October 6 to disperse supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi who were also attacked by men with firearms and swords, Amnesty International said Monday.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:38
Africa’s relations with the International Criminal Court (ICC) are in tatters after a special summit of the African Union (AU) resolved that cases against the presidents of Kenya and Sudan should be deferred and that serving heads of state and government should be immune from prosecution.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:36
The UN Children's Fund has said Israel's army and police force continue to mistreat Palestinian youths during arrests and detentions, despite agreeing to test alternative treatment following international pressure.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:32
Nigeria has proposed that certain Articles of the Rome Statute, establishing the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), should be amended to bring them in conformity with the tenets of customary international law, conventions and norms.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 09:22
Ex-president Charles Taylor has written the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, asking to serve his 50-years jail term in Rwanda, rather than UK, for fear that he could be attacked and killed by fellow inmates serving jail terms in the UK.