1) Bodies in the streets 2) Iraq refugee crisis continues to deepen 3) 20 June – World Refugee Day: Thai government must uphold the human rights of refugees; Danger ...
Dr. Matrouk al-Faleh, an academic and human rights activist, was arrested in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, on 19 May 2008. He is held incommunicado at the ...
1) Liberia: Death penalty for armed robbery debated in the Senate 2) Cuba: President will commute death sentences 3) Guatemala: Bill allowing resumption of execution ...
1) Mauritania's 'Guantanamito' 2) Leave or be killed 3) 3 May – World Press Freedom Day: Zimbabwe – Radio Dialogue: still denied a licence; Azerbaijan – heightened ...
Blogger Fouad Ahmad al-Farhan was released without charge on 26 April 2008. Fouad Ahmad al-Farhan, who owns a small IT company, had been arrested at his office ...
Amnesty International has received secretly filmed grisly footage of aman being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The organization strongly condemnsthe execution and calls
Turkish national Sabri Bogday has been sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy after an unfair trial. He is appealing against the decision, but if the Appeal ...
In 2007 the world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of the capital punishment. A historical landmark is the resolution on a moratorium on executions ...