In October, the Myanmar authorities arrested at least 10 politicalactivists and journalists for trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Their whereabouts is ...
At least 21 civilians have been killed in the southern province of Maguindanao. These are the first reported killings linked to national elections to be held in ...
A female Mexican human rights defender, who is an outspoken critic of human rights violations by the army, was harassed by soldiers in her home in Culiacán, Sinaloa ...
Four men on trial for an attack on human rights lawyer Ricardo Lagunes Gasca, and other inhabitants of Ejido Jotolá, southern Mexico, in September 2009, have been ...
The eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties is an important opportunity for states parties to the Rome Statute to advance preparations for the first Review ...
Zhao Lianhai, father of a boy rendered ill by a batch of contaminated milk powder in China in 2008, has been campaigning for justice for other affected families ...
Reports that the Iranian government plans to establish "cyber police"to fight "crimes" on the internet indicate they are intensifyingtheir attack on freedom of ...
Two male Azerbaijani youth activists and bloggers Emin Abdullayev (aged 30) and Adnan Hajizade (aged 26) have been sentenced to two and a half years and two years ...