The Bangladeshi High Court suspended the extortion trial of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Monday after receiving a motion from Hasina's lawyers challenging the legality of her detention under emergency laws [JURIST...
The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Monday announced the indictment of former Yugoslavia Army Captain Vladimir Kovacevic for war crimes associated with the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik . In the siege,...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard refused to apologize for the Australian government's handling of Dr. Mohammad Haneef Monday, saying that it had not "victimized" Haneef despite holding him as a terrorist suspect for 25...
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reached an agreement in principle Monday to establish a human rights body as part of the proposed ASEAN Charter, according to an announcement by Singapore Foreign Minister George...
The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights rejected the British government's proposal for an extension of pre-charge detention for terror suspects, saying in a report published Monday that it is "not convinced of the...
Thailand may continue to hold eight leaders of last Saturday's anti-coup protest for up to 48 days, a Thai police official told Reuters Saturday. Colonel Supisarn Bhakdinarinath said that police are authorized to hold suspects without charge for 12...
A 2004 FBI memorandum appears to contradict congressional testimony by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales concerning whether he was aware of FBI "abuses" of the USA Patriot Act when he testified...
told reporters Saturday that the Australian government has given Dr. Mohammad Haneef permission to leave Australia, reversing a previous decision to place the former terror suspect under...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that UN officials will not testify before the East Timorese-Indonesian Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) because the CTF's terms of reference allow for the possibility...
The UN Human Rights Committee Friday urged the Sudanese government to "take all appropriate measures" to guarantee that all state agents, including the military and armed militias, discontinue "widespread and systematic" violations of human rights. The recommendations,...
