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23 December 2008
Two men convicted of the murder of a trade union activist after a seriously flawed criminal investigation and a grossly
unfair trial will have their case heard by the
23 December 2008
The Iranian authorities have forced the closure of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Tehran, co-founded by 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin E
22 December 2008
The Pentagon is working on a plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention
centre, according to a US Department of Defense official.
19 December 2008
A former senior defence official was convicted on Thursday of
instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and committing crimes against
humanity and war crimes.
19 December 2008
A group of up to 104 Eritrean asylum-seekers held in a detention
facility in Sinai in Egypt are at risk of imminent deportation to
Eritrea.
18 December 2008
Peace activists in Israel and around the world are participating in a day of action to call on Israeli authorities to release
teenagers imprisoned for refusing to ser
18 December 2008
On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe
18 December 2008
Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second
resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the
United Nations on T
17 December 2008
Three detainees were released on Tuesday from the Guantánamo detention camp to their homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but three others remain.
17 December 2008
The journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush is
reported to have suffered various injuries after being beaten up by
security officials.
17 December 2008
The European Parliament has honoured a jailed Chinese dissident in absentia with its top human rights award.
16 December 2008
The authorization of “aggressive” interrogation techniques by senior US
government officials has been a “direct cause of detainee abuse” in th
16 December 2008
Twenty-two people were sentenced on Monday by an emergency court in
Egypt for their involvement in the violent protests of Mahalla, north
of Cairo, in April 2008.
15 December 2008
Armed groups in the DRC have been able to get hold of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and other supplies; the subsequent fighting has forced
nearly 300,000 pe
15 December 2008
A court in Tunisia has handed down sentences of up to 10 years'
imprisonment against 33 workers and trade union activists after an
unfair trial.
15 December 2008
The Libyan authorities have allowed political reform activist Idriss
Boufayed to travel to Switzerland to seek medical treatment for cancer.
13 December 2008
One year on from European Union resolution, calls continue for Japanese Government formally to acknowledge, apologise, and accept responsibility for its Imperial Armed
12 December 2008
The Spanish authorities approved the extradition of Murad Gasayev to the Russian Federation, where he would be at great risk of torture, on Friday afternoon.
12 December 2008
A vote in Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the rights of
Indigenous Peoples in the reservation of Raposa Serra do Sol on the
frontier between Brazil
