Russia's Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko asked the British government on Monday to confirm or deny the existence of a visa blacklist for Russian officials linked to the the 2009 death of Russian lawyer...
Mexico's Electoral Tribunal on Thursday upheld the results of the country's recent presidential election, after finding that there was no evidence that the winning candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto [campaign website, in...
The former secretary for the political party of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was referred to a criminal court for corruption charges on Wednesday. Safwat El-Sherif is accused of abusing his office [Ahram...
A Maldives commission of inquiry concluded Thursday that former president Mohamed Nasheed's resignation and the transfer of power to current President Mohammed Waheed Hassan were legal . In its report, the Commission of National Inquiry (CONI)...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed concern about Iran's human rights conditions and nuclear program during a visit to Tehran. In several comments since his arrival, Ban stressed the importance of international cooperation and...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya on Wednesday called on US officials to consult with Native Americans in North Dakota about the scheduled sale of land in the Black Hills region of...
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced a former police chief to 70 years for the kidnapping of a college student during the country's 36-year Civil War . Pedro Garcia was convicted of carrying out the kidnapping of engineering...
Police in Bangladesh arrested a top member of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday after a war crimes court ordered his arrest hours earlier. The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) issued a warrant for the...
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled Tuesday that crimes committed against Mexican civilians by members of the military should be tried in civilian courts rather than military tribunals. Military tribunals have been criticized in the...
Chinese psychiatric facilities are detaining hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens against their will each year, and many detainees face abuse and human rights violations in the facilities, a human rights group said in a report [text, PDF; press...
