More than 50 persons charged with sedition for leading an 18-month-long protest against the Russian-built nuclear plant at Kudankulam risk detention without charge ...
Vanuatu legislation provides for universal jurisdiction over only two crimes under international law, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in certain circumstances ...
Businessman Wu Wai Sing, a 54-year-old US national of Hong Kong residency, was reportedly tortured to make him confess. He has reportedly told his lawyers that ...
Two Cambodian women human rights defenders are to be tried on 26 December. They may be facing six months to five years in prison. Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony are ...
Aparna Marandi, a long-time human rights defender who has been repeatedly targeted by the state government for her activities, was arrested on 8 December. She is ...
Cheng Hsing-Tse is facing imminent execution in Taiwan after the prosecutor general rejected a request on 11 December to seek an extraordinary appeal. The Minister ...
Falun Gong practitioner Li Shanshan (李珊珊) who is held in a re-education through labour (RTL) camp in northern China, is being threatened with an extended sentence ...
After a decade of insurgency, Pakistan's Tribal areas remain in a state of crisis. In the Tribal areas, the courts are barred from upholding the fundamental rights ...
After a decade of insurgency, Pakistan's Tribal areas remain in a state of crisis. In these areas, the courts are barred from upholding the fundamental rights protections ...