The violence that wracked Kenya after the nation's disputed 2007 presidential election was carefully organized by "local leaders, politicians, and businessmen from all sides," according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch . Based on over 200 interviews with witnesses and perpetrators of the violence, the report found that attacks on supporters of [...]
The human rights situation in Iraq is "disastrous" five years after the US-led invasion of the country, according to a report from Amnesty International released Monday. According to the report's introduction: Five years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussain, Iraq is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Hundreds of people [...]
The Constitutional Court of Turkey on Monday said it will decide whether to consider a bid to disband the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) within ten days, adding that the court is in the process of appointing a rapporteur to investigate the case. Chief prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya petitioned the court last week to disband [...]
Exiled Tibetan spiritual and political leader Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on Sunday accused China of committing "cultural genocide" in Tibet, and said he will not call for an end to ongoing protests in the region. He reiterated the right of Tibetans to protest peacefully and urged that an international investigation be launched into [...]
Newly elected members of the National Assembly of Pakistan took their oaths of office Monday, marking a shift in power to a new majority opposed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharaf . Though neither party won an outright majority in February's parliamentary elections, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League have formed a coalition government [...]
Three former police officers have been convicted and sentenced to jail by a Ukrainian court for their roles in carrying out the murder of prominent Ukraine opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze . Mykola Protasov was sentenced Saturday to 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych each received a 12-year sentence. The trial of the former [...]
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is facing allegations of racketeering, fraud, and illegal spying after an Oregon woman on Friday added claims to an existing lawsuit against the RIAA, several recording companies, and data investigation company MediaSentry for tactics the entities used as part of an RIAA anti-piracy campaign. The woman, Tonya Anderson, [...]
The Chinese government on Sunday blocked Internet users in the country from accessing the video-sharing website YouTube after videos of a recent government crackdown on Tibetan protesters challenging Chinese rule were posted on the site. The protests over degradation of Tibetan culture and a flood of new Chinese immigrants into the region escalated into violence [...]
Prosecutors in Venezuela have ordered former Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi to appear in court in connection with the killings of nine leftist students in the western Venezuelan town of Yumare in 1986. The Venezuelan prosecutor's office stated that Lusinchi was summoned for "presumably being linked to the act", according to AP. The killings were described [...]
Judge Thelton Henderson of the US District Court for the Northern District of California told the Sacramento Bee Saturday he was "hopeful" that a court battle between the state of California and inmate advocacy groups over state prison conditions could be resolved before trial. Henderson is a member of a panel of three federal judges [...]
