Trials And Legal Systems

Somali armed group Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations - 22 June 2009

Four young men accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones, have been sentenced to amputation on Tuesday by an ad-hoc court.

Homophobic law passed in Lithuania - 17 June 2009

The Lithuanian parliament has passed a law that prohibits the discussion of homosexuality in schools and bans any reference to it in public information that can be v

Prominent human rights lawyer arrested in Viet Nam - 16 June 2009

Public security police arrested a prominent human rights lawyer in Viet Nam on Saturday for "colluding with domestic and foreign reactionaries to sabotage the V

Injustice fuels Sri Lanka's cycle of abuse and impunity - 11 June 2009

Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

UK Law Lords rule control orders based on secret information violate right to fair trial - 10 June 2009

The highest court in the United Kingdom has ruled that people have the right to know the information used against them to impose control orders, so that they can eff

Nearly 2,000 people missing ten years after Kosovo conflict - 10 June 2009

A decade after the Kosovo conflict ended, around 1,900 families across Kosovo and Serbia still have no details about the fate or whereabouts of their missing relativ

North Korea unfairly sentences US journalists to 12 years hard labour - 9 June 2009

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who work for California-based Internet broadcaster Current TV, were both convicted of an unspecified “grave crime” against the nat

UN Security Council should support ICC over Darfur - 5 June 2009

The UN is urged to reject calls to block prosecutions of persons charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan, including President Omar al-Bashir.

President Obama urged to tackle human rights violations in Saudi Arabia - 3 June 2009

US President Barack Obama begins his trip to the Middle East with a visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Texas carries out 200th execution under current governor - 3 June 2009

Terry Lee Hankins was the 16th person to be executed in Texas this year, out of a national total of 30.