Pakistan has ratified a key UN human rights treaty and signed two others.
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
A Moroccan who was jailed for creating a Facebook profile of a prince has been released from prison.
Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week.
An Indigenous Canadian community’s longstanding campaign to stop
clear-cut logging on its land has prompted a multinational paper
company to stop buying wood fibre from the area.
Three members of the so-called Bali Nine have had their death sentences
reduced to life imprisonment following a judicial review by the Supreme
Court.
Cuba signed two major human rights treaties at the UN in New York on Thursday.
Four more hostages have been released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
