The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured
over a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq,
will be paid compensation by the UK Ministry of Defence.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a new legal
instrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social and
cultural rights.
Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was
sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released
on Monday, 2 June.
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.
110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on
Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and
Transfer of Cluster Munitions".
Pakistan has ratified a key UN human rights treaty and signed two others.
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
A Moroccan who was jailed for creating a Facebook profile of a prince has been released from prison.
