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International brief ~ Sudan criticizes UN report on human rights in Darfur
Leading Monday's international brief, the Sudanese government has criticized a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report released last Friday which sharply condemned the human rights condition in Darfur . Jamal Mohamed Ibrahim, the spokespe (More) |
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Egypt agrees not to deport Sudanese detainees
The Egyptian government has said that it will not deport hundreds of Sudanese detainees who lack status as refugees or asylum seekers. The detainees were arrested after a three-month sit-in protest in front of UN offices in Cairo resulted in a viol (More) |
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International brief ~ UN Security Council considering Cote d'Ivoire sanctions
Leading Friday's international brief, the UN Security Council is considering sanctions against both rebel and government elements in Cote d'Ivoire that are accused of purposefully delaying and sabotaging fragile peace negotiations in the na (More) |
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International brief ~ UN to help Lebanon set up Hariri assassination tribunal
Leading Thursday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that he's sending UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel to Lebanon to assist government officials there in identifying the "nature a (More) |
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African Union rights arm slams Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Sudan for violations
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights , the human rights arm of the African Union (AU) , has cited Sudan, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo for rights violations in a unusually-critical report lea (More) |
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International brief ~ UN refugees chief calls for special Darfur peace force
Leading Wednesday's international brief, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called on the UN Security Council to create a UN peacekeeping force for the Darfur region of Sudan . Guterres said that while the 7,000 troop Afri (More) |
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International brief ~ Congo to hold AU chair instead of Sudan
Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Democratic Republic of Congo will hold the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for 2006 under an agreement reached by a five-nation panel assigned to develop a compromise to the tense standoff conce (More) |
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Sudan security forces release rights delegates to AU summit
Sudanese security forces released nearly 50 human rights delegates attending the African Union [official website, JURIST news archive] summit in Khartoum Monday. Members of the Sudanese Organization Against Torture , Amnesty International, Anti-Sla (More) |
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International brief ~ AU summit opens with controversy over Sudan chairmanship
Leading Monday's international brief, the 2006 African Union summit opened Monday in Khartoum, Sudan, with a sharp controversy over the potential chairmanship of the organization by a regime accused of directly contributing to over 300,000 deat (More) |
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Sudan authorities detain rights delegates to AU summit
Delegates from human rights groups sent to attend the African Union summit now underway in Khartoum were detained Sunday by Sudanese authorities. Representatives of Amnesty International , Anti-Slavery International and the International Bar Assoc (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
