Amnesty International has condemned the Taleban's attack on a guesthouse hosting staff from the United Nations in Kabul, that killed at least six civilian UN staff.
Amnesty International said that the Sudanese government
was responsible for the death and ill-treatment of Ahmed Suleiman Sulman, who died
from tuberculosis in police custody last week.
Two female editors at national newspaper the Sunday Leader have received death threats. The paper's founder and former Editor-in-Chief was murdered in January.
Two members of a peasant organization in Chiapas State, currently held in a state prison, were blindfolded, bound and beaten during their interrogation.
At least 80 civilians were killed and 200 injured when a car bomb exploded in the busy Peepal Market in the city of Peshawar. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
Dr Mohammad Maleki has been held incommunicado since his arrest in August. Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for his health as he is suffering from serious illnesses.
Three programmes have been cancelled by a popular radio station, because their broadcasts 'failed to promote peace' and 'discredited' the electoral process.
The beginning of the Hague trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadžic is an important step towards justice for the tens
of thousands of victims of the Bosnian war.
