Burundi the 93rd country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while those found guilty of engaging in consensual same-sex relations risk imprisonm
The United Nations (UN) now estimates that more than 6,500 civilians
have died and 13000 injured in the fighting in the north eastern region
of Sri Lanka.
The Israel Defense Forces' probe has concluded that it committed no human rights violations and made only rare mistakes, some of which may have resulted in the killing
There can be no stability and security for the people of Chechnya, until those responsible for gross human rights abuses in the country over the last 10 years are brou
Around 100,000 desperate civilians still trapped in the conflict zone, require urgent humanitarian aid as reports emerge
that food and medical supplies are running lo
Three senior leaders of the Sierra Leone rebel group, the Revolutionary
United Front, were sentenced to long prison terms by the Special
Court for Sierra Leone on We
A series of simultaneous press conferences were held in seven African
countries on Wednesday to warn that millions of people in Darfur face
death and disease.
The government of Bangladesh has sought and received UN assistance in
its efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and
other serious violations o
