UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the brutal crackdown on protesters by military and security forces in Cairo. Since Friday the brutal suppression of demonstrations has led to...
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UN rights chief condemns Egypt military crackdown
China again jails prominent rights lawyer after 20-month disappearance
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Rights groups criticize European countries over silence on CIA rendition program
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FBI reports decrease in violent crime for first half of 2011
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North Korea urged to focus on human rights after Kim Jong-il death
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ICTR upholds decision to transfer case of former pastor to Rwanda court
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ICC rejects prosecution request to block Rwanda rebel leader’s release
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US transfers final detainee to Iraq government
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Indonesia parliament approves eminent domain bill
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Federal appeals court affirms injunction against Nebraska abortion law
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China's government Friday announced that prominent civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng would be sent to prison for three years for violating his probation. Gao's sentence is the first sign that he is still alive...
Two international human rights organizations on Monday accused European countries of suppressing evidence of their roles in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. Legal action charity Reprieve, in cooperation...
The FBI announced Monday that violent crime in the US has dropped , continuing a trend lasting for the past four-and-a-half years. The 2011 figures for January through June were compiled by the Bureau's Criminal Justice...
Amnesty International (AI) responded Monday to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il by urging his son and likely successor Kim Jong-un to improve the nation's human rights record. AI...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday rejected an appeal by former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi , upholding a decision to transfer his case to the Republic of Rwanda to be tried in the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the prosecution's request that it suspend its order to release accused Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana . Pre-Trial Chamber I on Friday declined to confirm charges ,...
The US handed over the last detainee in Iraq, Ali Mussa Daqduq, to Iraqi authorities on Friday as part of the end of the Iraq War . Daqduq allegedly has links to Hezbollah and is...
The Indonesian parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives the government eminent domain powers to seize land from individuals without their consent, as long as compensation is provided. Proponents of the bill argue that it...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday affirmed an injunction against a Nebraska abortion law . The US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a...
