http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Human_Rights_PolicyFind stories, videos, and photos about Human Rights Policy from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:56:24 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Human_Rights_Policy14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Human Rights Policy from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/intl.kenya.refugee.recruitment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/intl.kenya.refugee.recruitment/index.html#cnnSTCTextA global human rights group is urging Kenya to stop Somali military recruiters from enlisting displaced men and boys in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab refugee camps to fight in their war against Islamic militants.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/05/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/05/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution endorsing a U.N. report calling for both Israel and Palestine to carry out independent investigations of possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip during last winter's conflict.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/04/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextA resolution calling for independent investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last winter's Gaza war was the focus of debate in the U.N. General Assembly.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/05/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/05/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe war crimes tribunal trying Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is imposing a lawyer on him, it announced Thursday.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/italy.rendition.verdict/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/italy.rendition.verdict/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly two dozen Americans -- most thought to work for the CIA -- were sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by an Italian court for their role in the seizing of a suspected terrorist in Italy in 2003, the prosecutor in the case told CNN.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/italy.crucifixes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/italy.crucifixes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Italian government is vowing to fight a European court ruling that crucifixes in classrooms violate students' right to freedom of religion.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextBosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic launched a full-throated attack on the International War Crimes Tribunal Tuesday, as he appeared at a hearing to discuss his refusal to appear for trial.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/30/africa.women/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/30/africa.women/index.html#cnnSTCTextGrammy-winning singer Angelique Kidjo joined human rights activists to demand courts martial for troops who publicly gang raped women in the streets of the West African country of Guinea last month.Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/plasvic.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/plasvic.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic was released from prison in Sweden Tuesday, after serving two thirds of an 11-year sentence for crimes against humanity.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/israel.water/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/israel.water/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael is denying Palestinians access to adequate water supplies by controlling shared water resources, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors in the long-awaited war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic said they will push ahead Tuesday, though the Bosnian Serb leader is expected to be a no-show once again.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/26/karadzic.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to appear on the opening day.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/26/israel.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli government has ruled out setting up an independent investigative body that would interview Israeli military personnel about allegations that the military committed war crimes during its offensive against Hamas earlier this year.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/26/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/26/nigeria.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Nigeria to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he attends an African Union Summit there on Thursday.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/24/intl.karadzic.trial.boycott/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/24/intl.karadzic.trial.boycott/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/israel.peres.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/israel.peres.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli President Shimon Peres rejected a United Nations report on his country's incursion into Gaza as "one-sided" and "unfair" in an interview with CNN.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/16/un.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/16/un.gaza.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Council for Human Rights approved a controversial report Friday which accuses Israel and Hamas of "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during the December-January war in Gaza.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. Council for Human Rights began debate Thursday over whether to adopt the recommendations of a controversial U.N. report examining the three-week winter war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/us.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/us.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile President Obama takes plenty of heat over his plans to overhaul domestic policies, critics have also taken aim at his foreign policy approach, particularly as it relates to human rights around the globe.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/14/congo.civilian.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/14/congo.civilian.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextHumanitarian organizations have been unable to meet the "massive needs" of civilians facing brutal attacks in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a medical aid group said Wednesday.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/13/panama.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/13/panama.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been asked to investigate whether Panama tortured an Ecuadorian citizen who was being held as an illegal immigrant, an official hemispheric human rights organization said.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/switzerland.un.hamas.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/switzerland.un.hamas.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session Thursday to reopen discussion of Israel's three-week offensive against the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.netanyahu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.netanyahu/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a Monday speech at the opening session of the Knesset, slammed a United Nations report critical of Israel's tactics during its offensive into Gaza.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/mideast.abbas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/mideast.abbas/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday defended a controversial decision to defer action on a United Nations report accusing Israel and Hamas of war crimes.Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/honduras.mercenaries/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/honduras.mercenaries/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of independent U.N. experts expressed concern Friday over the increased use of mercenaries in Honduras, where a de facto president has been in power since a military-led coup in June.Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/06/dalai.lama.prize/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/06/dalai.lama.prize/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Dalai Lama, accepting a human rights prize from a U.S. foundation Tuesday, chastised the United States for not fully addressing the economic divide between its poorest and richest citizens.Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/honduras.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/honduras.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextA controversial emergency decree limiting some freedoms in Honduras remained in place Tuesday, despite de facto President Roberto Micheletti's stated intention to repeal it.Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/29/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/29/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinians on Tuesday urged the United Nations to "punish" Israel as a scathing U.N. report accused the nation of war crimes during its military offensive in Gaza last winter.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/24/honduras.carter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/24/honduras.carter/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer President Carter has contacted the de facto president of Honduras to urge a resolution to the crisis in the Central American country.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/23/honduras.brazil.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/23/honduras.brazil.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe de facto president of Honduras denied Wednesday that his government turned off the power at the embassy where deposed President Jose Manual Zelaya surprisingly reappeared this week, and said that the people inside were free to come and go.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/22/ganji.iran.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/22/ganji.iran.ahmadinejad/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis week world leaders will gather in New York for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be among them, Iranians reject his claim to leadership. They strongly oppose any meeting or recognition of Ahmadinejad, especially by President Obama.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/15/un.gaza.incursion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/15/un.gaza.incursion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United Nations report issued Tuesday says both Israel and the Palestinians committed actions amounting to war crimes during Israel's military incursion into Gaza from December 27 to January 18.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/cambodia.land.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/cambodia.land.evictions/index.html#cnnSTCTextVillagers march more than 300 kilometers from northwest Cambodia to ask the prime minister to save their homes from developers. Some 400 families in the country's south learn their farmland had been given to developers only when bulldozers arrive.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/10/iran.detainee.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/10/iran.detainee.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran is spending more time investigating the victims of torture and rape behind bars than investigating those who committed such abuses, a human rights group claimed Thursday.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/japan.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/japan.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTextDeath row inmates in Japan spend decades in isolation and face inhuman conditions that can lead to mental illness, Amnesty International said Thursday.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/07/sudan.journalist.pants.lashing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/07/sudan.journalist.pants.lashing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman put on trial for wearing clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities was jailed Monday for refusing to pay a court-ordered fine, her lawyer said.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/amnesty.cuba.health/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/amnesty.cuba.health/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is endangering the health of millions by limiting Cubans' access to medicines and medical technology, human rights group Amnesty International alleged Wednesday.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 1,000 prisoners are on death row in Iraq, which now has one of the highest rates of execution in the world, the human rights group Amnesty International says in a report being released Tuesday.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/saudi.alqaeda.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/saudi.alqaeda.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver the past year, Saudi Arabia has arrested 44 al Qaeda suspects across the country, the Saudi interior ministry announced on Wednesday.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/16/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran should release seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage because it does not have any evidence against them, their lawyer Shirin Ebadi told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/15/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage in Iran will begin on Tuesday, despite that one of their lawyers is now behind bars and the other is outside the country, state-run media reported Saturday.Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/iran.bahai.trial.pending/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/iran.bahai.trial.pending/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran reportedly plans next week to put on trial seven Baha'i prisoners accused of espionage, even though one of their lawyers has become a fellow detainee and the other is outside the country.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/11/congo.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/11/congo.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe young girl whispered in a hushed tone. She looked down as she spoke, only glancing up from her dark round eyes every now and then. She wanted to tell more, but she was too ashamed. She was just 9 years old when, she says, Congolese soldiers gang-raped her on her way to school.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/08/iran.detainee.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/08/iran.detainee.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe European Union, France and Britain denounced Iran's ongoing mass trial after two embassy employees and a French citizen appeared in court Saturday on charges related to post-presidential election violence.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iran.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iran.executions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere was an "alarming spike" in the number of Iranian executions between the disputed June 12 presidential election and Wednesday's inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term, Amnesty International reported Friday.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.rocket.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.rocket.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinian militant groups including the armed wing of Hamas are committing war crimes when they fire rockets into Israel, according to a report by campaign group Human Rights Watch.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/03/clinton.africa.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/03/clinton.africa.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTextSecretary of State Hillary Clinton is embarking on her biggest international trip yet: Africa. Seven countries in 11 days. Issues as diverse as economic entrepreneurship and gender-based violence.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/burundi.homosexuality/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/burundi.homosexuality/index.html#cnnSTCTextA human rights group urged Burundi to reverse a law that makes homosexuality illegal, saying it risks worsening the harsh treatment of gays in the eastern Africa nation.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/31/nigeria.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/31/nigeria.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextHuman rights groups pressed Friday for information on how a fundamentalist Islamist sect leader died and are seeking an investigation.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTextNicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel, inhuman disgrace" that's led to the rise in maternal deaths, human rights organization Amnesty International has said.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe head of a leading Russian human rights group accused the presidents of Russia and Chechnya of complicity in murdering their top activist in Chechnya.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iran.world.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iran.world.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextProtesters across six continents on Saturday demanded the release of hundreds of detainees in Iran who were arrested in the bloody aftermath of the Islamic republic's disputed presidential election.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/saudi.amnesty.clampdown/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/saudi.amnesty.clampdown/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaudi Arabia's campaign against the al Qaeda terrorist network has led to "massive human rights violations" by security forces, including torture and the arrests of non-violent reformists, the human rights group Amnesty International reported Tuesday.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice and soldiers killed at least 133 people during two days of riots between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria last year, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/18/iran.demonstration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/18/iran.demonstration/index.html#cnnSTCTextGovernment agents used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, and beat and kidnapped a human rights lawyer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Saturday, citing witnesses.Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/15/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/15/russia.estmirova.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading human rights activist was abducted and killed in Russia Wednesday, the organization she worked for told CNN.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/14/liberia.taylor.hague/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/14/liberia.taylor.hague/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor expressed his incredulity at the testimony against him at his war crimes trial Tuesday, saying "there is no way" he is guilty of any of the charges.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/14/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/14/iran.bahai.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextA death-penalty trial of seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel has been delayed, Iranian officials have told family members, according to the U.S. Baha'i Office of External Affairs.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextFresh fighting erupted Sunday between Somalia's transitional government forces and Islamist rebels, continuing a wave of violence that a top United Nations official called a "grave violation of human rights" that could possibly amount to war crimes.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/iran.bahais.jail.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/iran.bahais.jail.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven Baha'i prisoners face a death-penalty trial Saturday in Iran amid calls for their release from a U.S. panel on religious freedom.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/peru.mothers.health/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/peru.mothers.health/index.html#cnnSTCTextPregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/08/sudan.bashir.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/08/sudan.bashir.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he has evidence to prove Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is guilty of genocide, even though he is not charged with the crime.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/israel.gaza.deaths.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/israel.gaza.deaths.amnesty/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilian adults and children, broke laws and committed war crimes during their winter offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International said in a scathing report released Thursday.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranians wounded during protests are being seized at hospitals by members of an Islamic militia, an Amnesty International official told CNN.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/iran.us.congress/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/iran.us.congress/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday that says it supports "all Iranians who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law."Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/10/italy.libya.gadhafi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/10/italy.libya.gadhafi/index.html#cnnSTCTextLibyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrived in Rome Wednesday for a historic -- and controversial -- first visit to the capital of Italy, Libya's former colonial master.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/09/argentina.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/09/argentina.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn 1982, they were young men serving their obligatory military service -- Argentine conscripts who fought against the British that year during the Falklands War. More than 25 years later, many of those former combatants are in a legal battle against their former officers, alleging torture, starvation and murder at the hands of their own military.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/07/sudan.president.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/07/sudan.president.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, visited Zimbabwe on Sunday for a regional trade meeting.Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/thailand.refugees.documentary.cnn.award/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/thailand.refugees.documentary.cnn.award/index.html#cnnSTCTextA CNN documentary that sparked worldwide condemnation of Thailand's alleged practice of pushing Myanmar's Rohingya boat people out to sea has won an Amnesty International Media Award.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/01/mideast.gaza.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/01/mideast.gaza.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. team entered Gaza on Monday to investigate possible human rights abuses by Israel and Hamas during a three-week conflict that ended January 18.Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/darfur.rape.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/darfur.rape.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for "vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime."Sun, 31 May 2009 17:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/saudi.arabia.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/saudi.arabia.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday, an act that prompted a stiff denunciation by a leading human rights monitor.Sat, 30 May 2009 20:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/05/28/amnesty.reports/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/05/28/amnesty.reports/index.html#cnnSTCTextGlobal economic troubles are fueling a human-rights crisis, Amnesty International warned as it released its "Report 2009: State of the World's Human Rights" on Thursday.Thu, 28 May 2009 06:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/19/jaffer.detainee.photos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/19/jaffer.detainee.photos/index.html#cnnSTCTextLast week President Obama announced that he would suppress prisoner abuse photographs that he earlier said he would release. Given the president's stated commitment to government transparency, this reversal was both surprising and profoundly disappointing.Wed, 20 May 2009 18:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/18/detainee.abuse.lookback/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/18/detainee.abuse.lookback/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S. custody, standing on a box with electrical wires hooked up to his fingers.Wed, 20 May 2009 17:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/16/russia.gay.march.eurovision/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/16/russia.gay.march.eurovision/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of gay and lesbian rights activists planning a parade in southwestern Moscow Saturday have been detained, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.Sun, 17 May 2009 11:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/backgrounder.demjanjuk.warcrimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/backgrounder.demjanjuk.warcrimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe forthcoming trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk could be the last occasion on which a Nazi war crimes suspect faces prosecution.Thu, 14 May 2009 14:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/12/us.demjanjuk/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/12/us.demjanjuk/index.html#cnnSTCTextGermany's Jewish community Tuesday welcomed the deportation from the U.S. of a Nazi war crimes suspect who is charged with being an accessory to the murder of about 29,000 civilians at a death camp.Tue, 12 May 2009 17:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/22/iran.israel.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/22/iran.israel.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTextA conference of Islamic prosecutors in Iran worked Wednesday to draft an indictment against Israeli leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/sudan.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/sudan.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir is on a state visit to neighboring Ethiopia despite being wanted for war crimes charges for his government's crackdown in Darfur.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/kurdistan.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/kurdistan.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Kurdish region of Iraq has seen gains in human rights, but security forces "regularly abuse their authority" and women continue to be targets of violence, Amnesty International said Tuesday.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/09/gop.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/09/gop.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTextA pair of Republican congressmen ripped Congressional Black Caucus members for ignoring Cuba's "myriad gross human rights abuses" Thursday, saying this week's caucus trip to the island nation ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime.Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/08/vivanco.peru/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/08/vivanco.peru/index.html#cnnSTCTextPeruvians are celebrating an extraordinary victory this week: the conviction of their former president, Alberto Fujimori, for death squad killings carried out during his rule in the 1990s.Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/sierra.leone.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/sierra.leone.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called "one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for crimes against humanity.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/cambodia.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/cambodia.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttorneys for Kaing Guek Eav lobbied Wednesday to ease conditions under which the former Khmer Rouge prison chief is being held during his trial.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/human.rights.council/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/human.rights.council/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is seeking a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council this year, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. This is a departure from the Bush administration, which was often critical of the group.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/31/test.story/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/31/test.story/index.html#cnnSTCTextKaing Guek Eav on Tuesday expressed sorrow for his actions 30 years ago as a prison chief for the Khmer Rouge regime, as he stood before the tribunal trying him for alleged war crimes.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/30/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/30/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir asked Arab leaders meeting in Qatar on Monday to strongly reject an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of a former prison chief with the Khmer Rouge movement resumed inside a packed Cambodian courtroom Monday, with prosecutors painting a grim picture of inmates who were electrocuted, whipped and beaten to death.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/cambodia.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextKaing Guek Eav is an elderly former math teacher and a born-again Christian.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/un.law.and.order/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/un.law.and.order/index.html#cnnSTCTextMurder and justice have always been hallmarks of the "Law & Order" stable of TV shows, but never before have the fictional New York City crimes guided the show's detectives and attorneys to the United Nations -- until now.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/29/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/29/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar al-Bashir landed in Qatar on Sunday for an Arab League summit, a move that could put him at risk of arrest on war crimes charges leveled by a U.N. tribunal.Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.reconciliation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.reconciliation/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs Iraqi officials speak loftily of ethnic and political reconciliation, Abu Wissam seethes.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/israel.gaza.un.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/israel.gaza.un.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli soldiers routinely and intentionally put children in harm's way during their 22-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza, according to a United Nations report made public Monday.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen killed a United Nations peacekeeper in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Tuesday.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/clinton.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/clinton.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended the Obama administration's commitment to human rights, calling their promotion "an essential aspect of American global foreign policy."Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor most people in the world, freedom of religion is of such paramount importance and warrants all the legal and constitutional respect and protection. It is fair to say that this concept has been imbedded in numerous people's mind such that any accusation of its violation almost automatically triggers waves of condemnation.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/08/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's President Omar al-Bashir made his first trip to Darfur since an international tribunal ordered his arrest on war crimes charges, pledging resistance Sunday to what he called efforts to "recolonize" Africa.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/kenya.activists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/kenya.activists/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo human-rights activists were shot and killed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Thursday evening, leading a U.N. investigator to call for an independent investigation to prove that Kenyan police were not involved.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:23:00 EST