More people killed in Syria as president tells UN chief that military operations ended
BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations chief that military operations in his country have ended, even as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday the crackdown “may amount…Continue Reading
Deaths in Syria despite assurances by Assad
Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations chief that military operations in his country have ended, even as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday the crackdown “may amount to crime…Continue Reading
U.N. rights council to meet on Syria on Monday
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading
UN human rights chief to ask International war crimes court to probe Syria violence
London, Aug 18 (ANI): The United Nations human rights chief is likely to tell the Security Council that the International war crimes court should investigate Syria’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, diplomatic sources have revealed.Continue Reading
UN rights council to meet on Syria on Monday
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading
UN rights council to meet on Syria on Monday
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading
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.
(Bangkok) …Continue Reading