UN rights chief to call for ICC Syria probe
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN human rights chief will call for the international war crimes court to investigate Syria’s deadly crackdown at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, diplomatic sources said.Continue Reading
Syria holds hundreds in stadium; U.N. eyes tribunal
AMMAN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Syrian troops held hundreds of people in a stadium in Latakia, residents said, while the U.N. human rights chief was expected to propose that the Hague war crimes tribunal review Syria’s crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
UN rights chief to call for ICC Syria probe
The UN human rights chief will call for the international war crimes court to investigate Syria’s deadly crackdown at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, diplomatic sources said.Continue Reading
U.N. rights chief mulls Hague court for Syria – envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief is expected to suggest that the U.N. Security Council refer Syria’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to the International Criminal Court, envoys said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
U.N. rights chief mulls Hague court for Syria – envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief is expected to suggest that the U.N. Security Council refer Syria’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to the International Criminal Court, envoys said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
U.N. rights chief mulls Hague court for Syria – envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief is expected to suggest that the U.N. Security Council refer Syria’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to the International Criminal Court, envoys said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
U.N. rights chief mulls Hague court for Syria – envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief is expected to suggest that the U.N. Security Council refer Syria’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to the International Criminal Court, envoys said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
UN rights chief likely to act against Syria
The U.N. human rights chief is likely to call for the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court for investigation of alleged atrocities against protesters during the five-month uprising, a U.N. diplomat and a U.S. official in …Continue Reading
Vietnam: Free Peaceful Land Rights Activists
The Vietnam government should immediately release four peaceful land rights activists when their appeals cases are heard by the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on August 18, 2011.
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DR Congo: Pass Mixed Court Law
The Congolese parliament should adopt draft legislation for a specialized mixed court to try those responsible for the worst human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but first it should modify …Continue Reading
Cameroon: Free Men Charged Under ‘Sodomy’ Law
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Three men returning from a bar last month in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, were detained by police because two of them appeared feminine. The three were jailed on July 25, 201…Continue Reading
At least four die as Syria forces suppress dissent
Security forces on Wednesday killed at least four people and made sweeping arrests, activists said, as Western states sought a special session of the UN human rights body on Syria’s crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
Hamas bans Gaza students from studying abroad
A Palestinian human rights group is condemning Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers for preventing teenage students with scholarships to study in the U.S. from leaving the territory.Continue Reading
Malawi: Use Restraint in Upcoming Protests
Police in Malawi should use restraint during future protests to avoid repeating the use of excessive and lethal force that killed 19 people on July 20, 2011. Vigils and demonstrations planned throughout the countr…Continue Reading
Human Rights Concerns Over Riot Punishments
Human rights groups have criticised the severity of some of the sentences handed down to people involved in last week’s riots.Continue Reading