The trial of five men accused of belonging to an unauthorized political party resumes at the Supreme State Security Court this week. The court does not operate in accordance with international standards of fair trial.
Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives.
Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Democratic Society Party has been closed and 37 of its members have been banned from politics for five years.
The Nepali government must ensure that Major Niranjan Basnet is arrested
immediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial for torturing Maina Sunuwar to death.
People living on the land in Chihuahua State, northern Mexico, have been intimidated and attacked for six years. Last week, a woman was shot and injured at her home.
Residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, have been
given a deadline of 15 December to leave or they will be removed and relocated elsewhere in Iraq.
A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, pending extradition to Belarus.
New report details abuse before, during and after
the June election, when authorities deployed the Basij militia and
Revolutionary Guards to suppress mass protests against its outcome.
