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Bahrain officials charge Shiite opposition leaders over alleged coup plot
Prosecutors in Bahrain on Saturday charged 23 Shiite Muslims with terrorism-related offenses and conspiring to overthrow the government, claiming that they were acting under the direction of an unnamed foreign government. The suspects, who have bee (More) |
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Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Wednesday on Bahraini authorities to make a prompt investigation into torture allegations made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after 15 days of solitary confineme (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Gulf countries to respect human rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday encouraged the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) [official website, in Arabic; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] states to address continuing rights issues , including women's rights, trea (More) |
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Bahrain using torture to extract confessions: HRW
The government of Bahrain has reverted to using torture to gain confessions from detainees after a decade of reform banning such practices, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW conducted interviews with 20 former (More) |
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Human rights continuing to deteriorate in Arab region: Cairo group report
Human rights conditions in 12 Arab nations continued to deteriorate last year, according to a report [text, PDF, in Arabic; synopsis, PDF] issued Tuesday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, entitled "Basti (More) |
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Qatar's new supreme court has potential to force modernization of legal system
Louay Bahry [Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee]: "The new Supreme Constitutional Court in Qatar, established by Law No. 12 of 2008 was supposed to start functioning on October 1, 2008, but was postponed for "administra (More) |
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Law at Sea: Challenges Facing Japan's Anti-piracy Mission
JURIST Guest Columnists Hitoshi Nasu and Donald Rothwell of the ANU College of Law, Australian National University, say that while Japan's proactive approach towards fighting maritime piracy marks a significant step in its rehabilitation as a glo (More) |
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US State Department releases annual rights reports
The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release [Flash video; statement text], Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration is seeki (More) |
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Human rights conditions worsening in Arab region: report
Human rights conditions are worsening in 12 Arab nations, according to a report [text, PDF, in Arabic; synopsis, PDF] published Friday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, which is the group's first annual r (More) |
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Guantanamo interviews may have been recorded
Meetings between Guantanamo Bay detainees and representatives of their governments may have been recorded, according to a Tuesday Washington Post report . In 2002 and 2003, the US State Department advised foreign delegations that their meetings wo (More) |
France resumes nuclear testing in Polynesia
On June 13, 1995, France announced that it would resume nuclear testing in French Polynesia. France signed in 1996 signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, after widespread protests ensued following the resumed tests.
