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.
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.
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.
Lebanese national 'Ali Hussain Sibat and another unidentified man,
could be executed at any time if their sentences are upheld by the
appeal and Supreme Courts.
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.
Tunisian nationals Adel Ben Mabrouk and Riadh Nasseri are suspected of
having committed terrorism-related crimes in Italy prior to being held at the US detention centre.
