International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Jakob Kellenberger on Monday urged the US military to allow the introduction of outside evidence during enemy combatant review hearings at the Bagram Temporary Internment Facility . Kellenberger, who...
The Philippine government delegation to the United Nations in Geneva said Monday that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will soon begin the process of signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture...
The United Nations has a "moral duty to act on the lessons of Rwanda," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in an address to mark the fourteenth anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC...
Zimbabwean police have arrested at least five election officials for allegedly under-counting votes for current Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during the March 29 presidential election , police officials confirmed Monday. Independent observers say...
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav rejected a controversial plea agreement Tuesday, opting instead to face rape charges first brought against him in 2006. Under the terms of the plea agreement, which was upheld...
The Belfast High Court on Monday heard arguments in a civil lawsuit against five suspected Real IRA members accused of involvement in the deadly 1998 Omagh bombing , in which a car loaded with explosives killed...
A district court in the Netherlands on Monday rejected the Dutch Islamic Federation's efforts to prevent anti-Quran statements by right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders . The court said that that Wilders'...
A former Nigerien slave appeared before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Monday, alleging that the government of Niger failed to fully enforce a...
Egyptian security forces Tuesday arrested five members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood as they were posting campaign fliers on behalf of Muslim Brotherhood candidates slated to run in local council elections scheduled for April 8....
The United Nations should investigate Australia for its alleged military intervention in Fiji during the December 2006 military coup in Fiji, the Fiji Human Rights Commission said in a report released Tuesday. The...
