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Iraq stays execution of man allegedly held at 16
Iraq has suspended the execution of a Yemeni prisoner whose family claims was 16 years old when he was taken into custody, an Iraqi official and human ...
Transgender prostitutes face abuse in Ivory Coast
It seemed like a case of simple blackmail. Late one night last month, two cars carrying around 10 soldiers pulled up to a group of prostitutes in ...
Rights group: Israeli strike on Gaza home unlawful
A leading human rights group on Friday accused Israel of violating the laws of war when it killed 12 civilians in an airstrike during its recent ...
Senegal trial of Chad dictator operational soon
Victims of Chad's ex-dictator may finally have their day in court, as a tribunal set-up to try the former leader is due to become operational in ...
Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases
For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, ...
HRW commends Brazilian bid to curb police killings
Human Rights Watch on Thursday praised a resolution by Brazil's Human Rights Defense Council that outlined steps to help reduce extrajudicial killings ...
Syrian warplanes bomb olive oil factory; 20 killed
Syrian warplanes bombed an olive oil factory packed with farmers Tuesday, killing at least 20 people in the latest regime strike to rip through a ...
Pakistan plans to hold national elections in May
Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a ...
Cameramen deaths by Israeli fire raises questions
The unprecedented killing of two cameramen for Gaza's Hamas TV station in a missile strike raised questions about whom Israel considers to be militant ...
Singapore opposition leader's bankruptcy annulled
Prominent Singapore opposition leader Chee Soon Juan has had his bankruptcy annulled, the government said Wednesday, after an unprecedented concession ...
UN Security Council puts sanctions on Congo rebels
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to sanction the leaders of Congo's M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the eastern ...
Hamas kills suspected collaborators with Israel
Masked gunmen publicly shot dead six suspected collaborators with Israel at a large Gaza City intersection Tuesday, witnesses said. An Associated ...
Egypt arresting kid protesters, rights group says
Egyptian authorities arrested more than 300 children during protests in Cairo over the past year, beating and torturing some and trying many as ...
Egyptian police, protesters clash in central Cairo
Clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces intensified after nightfall Monday, marking the anniversary of a bloody confrontation in ...
Obama meets with Cambodia's longtime 'strongman'
President Barack Obama arrived in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen.
Report: Ivorian military illegally arrested 100s
The victims were rounded up at their homes, at work or while out having drinks. Taken without explanation to military camps overflowing with ...
Rights group: Myanmar forces supported attacks
A leading international rights group on Sunday accused Myanmar security forces of supporting some of the brutal anti-Muslim violence last month that ...
Russia expands treason law, critics fear crackdown
Adding to fears that the Kremlin aims to stifle dissent, Russians now live under a new law expanding the definition of treason so broadly that critics ...
Malawi lauded on anti-gay law moratorium
Going against a trend in Africa, Malawi's government is moving to suspend laws against homosexuality and has ordered police not to arrest people for ...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns ...
Opposition leader sentenced to 8 years in Rwanda
A Rwandan court sentenced the country's top opposition political leader to eight years in prison on Tuesday for treason and on a charge stemming from ...
UN says 22,000 displaced in latest Myanmar unrest
Victims of Myanmar's latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country's western coast, with ...
Human rights groups decry Myanmar ethnic strife
Western Myanmar appeared calm Saturday after almost a week of deadly ethnic strife, a government spokesman said as human rights groups called for ...
Ukraine under fire in Russian activist's abduction
Ukraine let Russian agents kidnap an anti-Kremlin activist seeking asylum in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and forcibly bring him back to Moscow, the ...
Libyan militia takes former Gadhafi stronghold
Libya's government declared Wednesday that it had taken control of one of the last strongholds of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi's loyalists, as its ...