12 May 09 - From the Washington Post:
A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died in a Libyan prison, an apparent suicide, according to a Libyan newspaper.
A researcher for Human Rights Watch, who met (…) Read

11 September 08 - Juan Gasparini/HRT
According to several sources at the Palais des Nations, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has told the European Union, the major financial supporter of UN activities in Africa, that she no longer wishes to extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur for (…) Read

10 September 08 - From iol.co.za
Switzerland - A United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday accused the government in Khartoum of indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Darfur and affording impunity to those who abuse human rights in the war-torn region.
"The human rights situation on the ground remains (…) Read

9 September 08 - Juan Gasparini/HRT
Last September (2007) the government of Burundi agreed to the renewal for one year of the mandate for the Special Rapporter from the Human Rights Council, Akich Okola. Today it considers the work of this expert to be terminated, according to diplomatic sources in Geneva. The (…) Read

9 September 08 - From VOA News
In her first speech since assuming the post of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has urged nations to do more to tackle discrimination and inequality, which she said are the root causes of some of the worst forms of human-rights violations. Pillay spoke at the (…) Read

8 September 08 - From Sifynews
Brussels: The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader living in exile in India, has been nominated along with seven others for the European parliament’s Sakharov Award for freedom of thought and human rights this year. Read

6 September 08 - From AFP
NEW DELHI — Human Rights Watch on Friday demanded the Indian government and Maoist rebels stop using child fighters in their escalating battle in the country’s eastern jungles.
The US-based group called on the Indian government "to develop a scheme to identify, demobilise and (…) Read

6 September 08 - From AFP
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday criticised Iran for sentencing women’s rights activist Parvin Ardalan to prison, saying it revealed Tehran’s "deteriorated respect for human rights."
"The jail sentence on September 3 against Iranian human rights defender (…) Read

5 September 08 - Juan Gasparini/Tdh
The Swiss Foreign Ministry (DFAE) has sent a letter of protest to the French press agency (AFP) in Paris regarding a report by Geneva bureau chief Denis Rousseau, under the headline, ‘The end of a taboo: is Switzerland ready to dialogue with Bin Laden?’
The news (…) Read

4 September 08 - Juan Gasparini/HRT
The new President of the Human Rights Council, Martin Uhomoibhi of Nigeria, has made his choices for the Special Rapporteurs selected by the ‘consultative group’ composed of Ambassadors from each continent.
His first pick is Ms. Monorama Biswas of Bangladesh as (…) Read