Zubair Zubairaev has again reportedly been severely beaten on both 18 and 24 February 2009. On a recent visit to the prison his lawyer saw the marks from the beatings ...
The law, which covers acts of sedition, secession, subversion and treason against the Central People's Government of China, is open to potential misuse.
With its narrow mandate, the tribunal will do nothing to address the enormous number of other grave humanrights abuses committed in Lebanon in recent decades.
Falun Gong practitioner Ouyang Wen began a two-year term of Re-education Through Labour (RTL) in June 2008. While in custody her eyesight began to deteriorate, ...
Retired civil servant Bernardin Mbandi, who held an influential post during the government of President Mobutu (1965-1997), was arrested on 22 January 2009 at his ...