Victims of rape and other torture by Iranian security forces are facing
renewed risk after documents detailing abuses against them were
confiscated this week.
Any move by the Lithuanian parliament to criminalize the promotion of
homosexuality would violate the country's international obligations to
uphold freedom of expression and fight discrimination.
Chilean Judge Victor Montiglio issued the arrest warrants against the
agents in relation to a number of security operations that targeted
opponents of Augusto Pinochet during the 1970s.
Prominent human rights organizations request that the latest
draft Disappearances bill in Nepal be amended to make it comply with
international law and standards.