News

Eight Bahraini nationals released

13 August 2008

Eight male teachers were released without charge in Saudi Arabia on 12 July 2008, after over four months’ detention.

Syrian prisoner of conscience freed

8 August 2008

The Syrian authorities unexpectedly released Dr. Aref Dalilah on Thursday following a presidential amnesty.

Tunisian journalist freed

22 July 2008

A Tunisian journalist has been released eight months after he was arrested.

UK Ministry of Defence agrees to compensate Iraqi torture victims

14 July 2008

The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq, will be paid compensati

Economic, social and cultural rights strengthened

19 June 2008

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a new legal instrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.

Activist released in Uzbekistan

5 June 2008

Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released on Monday, 2 June.

Russian authorities ruled responsible for Chechen women's disappearance

3 June 2008

European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.

Cluster munitions treaty agreed in Dublin

30 May 2008

110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and Transfer of Clus

Pakistan ratifies key UN human rights treaty

18 April 2008

Pakistan has ratified a key UN human rights treaty and signed two others.

Royal pardon for Moroccan demonstrators

11 April 2008

Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.