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International brief ~ Sudan bombs Darfur in violation of cease-fire
In Thursday's international brief, senior African Union officials are reporting that the Sudanese government bombed a Darfur village Wednesday, with NGO workers present for the first time to actually witness the explosions. The announcement c (More) |
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International brief ~ UK police chief will not use Gitmo evidence against ex-detainees
In Wednesday's international brief, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens says that no prosecutions will proceed against the four Britons released from Guantanamo Bay based on material gathered by UK MI5 investigators who ma (More) |
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International brief ~ Southern Sudan ratifies peace deal
In Tuesday's international brief, Southern Sudan officials Monday ratified the proposed peace treaty between the now-autonomous South and the Khartoum government of the north. The 224-seat National Liberation Council, the legislative branch of (More) |
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International brief ~ US lawmakers to push for Sudan sanctions
In Monday's international brief, US lawmakers from the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa who met with Sudanese government officials and displaced Sudanese refugees in Chad over the weekend are expected to announce that they w (More) |
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International brief ~ Southern Sudan worried about Muslim peacekeeping force
Leading Friday's international brief, a key member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement , now the ruling party in Southern Sudan, has expressed concern about the makeup of the proposed UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in March. Den (More) |
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International brief ~ ICTY charges camp commander with war crimes
In Thursday's international brief, Savo Todovic, former deputy commander of the Serb-run Foca concentration camp , was officially charged at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Wednesday. The indictment alleges a (More) |
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International brief ~ Yushchenko inauguration expected late this week
In Wednesday's international legal news, Viktor Yushchenko [BBC profile; presidential campaign website in Ukrainian], the pro-western reformer who led a popular charge to see the original November Ukranian presidential election results reversed (More) |
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UN should refer Sudan war crimes investigation to ICC, Amnesty urges
Human rights group Amnesty International Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The group argued that the UN must allow the ICC to investigate war crimes violations i (More) |
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International brief ~ Russian government says benefits plan no grounds for no-confidence vote
In Tuesday's international brief, the Russian government has rejected a petition initiated Monday by KPRF , the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, requesting a Duma vote of no-confidence. The government denied the that there existed any (More) |
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World Report 2005 [Human Rights Watch]
World Report 2005, Human Rights Watch, released January 13, 2005 . Excerpt:No one would equate the two, yet each, in its own way, has had an insidious effect. One involves indifference in the face of the worst imaginable atrocities, the other is embl (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
