Indian authorities said Tuesday they are seeking the extradition of an army officer who is accused of the gruesome killing of a Kashmiri human rights lawyer 15 years ago and is now living in California.Continue Reading

Indian authorities said Tuesday they are seeking the extradition of an army officer who is accused of the gruesome killing of a Kashmiri human rights lawyer 15 years ago and is now living in California.Continue Reading

(Munich) – Saudi authorities should immediately release a Shia cleric apparently arrested on February 27, 2011, for calling for a constitutional monarchy and equal rights for Shia in his Friday sermon, Human Rights Watch said today.
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For many in Europe, the western Balkans still evoke images of the brutal conflicts that followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The legacy of those wars continues to shape European Union and US policy toward the region.
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The ongoing review of United States landmine policy should result in a decision to ban all types of antipersonnel landmines. March 1, 2011, will mark 12 years since the international treaty banning antipersonnel m…Continue Reading

By Steve Crawshaw, International Advocacy Director for Amnesty International
This blog was orginally published in the Independent

UN Security Council Resolution 1970, unanimously adopted this weekend, is important for Libya. But it can and should ha…Continue Reading

The U.N.’s top human rights official appealed to all nations Monday to back the popular revolts shaking the Arab world — and to do so quickly in tangible ways, before decades-long autocratic regimes like those of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi can reg…Continue Reading

The UN human rights chief on Monday called on the international community to support reforms in the Middle East and urged vigilance in Libya amid fears of violent reprisals.Continue Reading