UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak arrived in China Monday for a two week trip, which will include visits to Chinese detention centers in Beijing, Tibet and the Muslim region of Xinjiang....
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On a state visit to China during a six-day Asia tour , President Bush Sunday pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao to expand religious, political and social freedoms in the country and later suggested...
International brief ~ UN Security Council expansion plans likely dead
Leading Friday's international brief, UN officials are now admitting that membership of the Security Council is unlikely to change anytime soon, despite months of negotiation and calls for changes to the body's composition. UN Secretary General Kofi...
Federal judge holds reporter in contempt in nuclear scientist case
US District Judge Rosemary Collyer on Wednesday held Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus in contempt after he failed to reveal confidential sources from a story he reported about an investigation into nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee [advocacy...
Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture , on Tuesday called for unrestricted inspections of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . The UN plans to send inspectors to Guantanamo on December 6 for a...
Two indicted by federal grand jury for missile-smuggling plan
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two men on charges that they sought to smuggle three surface-to-air missiles into the US for use abroad. Chao Tung Wu and Yi Qing Chen were charged under a 2004 anti-terror law...
China, Saudi Arabia cited by US for violating religious freedom
The US Department of State on Tuesday is releasing its annual list of states considered to be serious violators of religious freedoms, opening the named states to potential sanctions. Officials say countries deemed to be "of particular concern"...
Japan PM proposes changes to military clause in constitution
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party , led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, on Friday proposed changes to the pacifist language of the country's constitution, originally written by US occupation forces in 1947. Article 9 of Japan's...
French president calls for international tribunal for Hariri killers
French President Jacques Chirac has called for an international tribunal to try Syrian and Lebanese suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) submitted its interim...
China high court confirms plan to review all death sentences
The Supreme Court of China Thursday confirmed its plan to remove the authority from lower courts to review death sentences , which is expected to decrease the number of execution sentences currently given and...
