(Kathmandu) – Seven years after the arrest and killing of Maina Sunuwar, the government of Nepal should take immediate steps, with the full cooperation of the Nepal Army, to ensure that criminal proceedings move forward, Advocacy Forum (AF), Amnesty In…Continue Reading

Since Tunisians ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali four weeks ago, many refugees have returned to emotional homecomings, while other émigrés have said they will head home soon to help build a new Tunisia.
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GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay is awaiting permission from Egypt’s military authorities to send experts who would help in mapping the nation’s transition to democracy, U.N. aides said on Wednesday.Continue Reading

NEW DELHI, India – As India takes the helm of the United Nations Security Council’s counterterrorism committee this year, its leaders would do well to think of Shahid, a young man who told me in harrowing detail of being tortured as a terrorism suspect…Continue Reading

In the aftermath of Tunisia and Egypt, many are asking, "Who’s next?" My confident answer is this: each and every leader in this region who rules by force and fraud, who has neither credibility nor legitimacy, and who fears nothing more than …Continue Reading