International Corporate Corruption: The Need for Greater Action
On July 14, 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire came under intense pressure as key members of Congress called for an investigation into the allegations that one of the media mogul’s US-based companies may have violated American bribery and corruption laws. It is not clear yet whether Congress will ultimately respond to the claims that News [...]
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday transferred the case of former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi to the Republic of Rwanda to be tried in...
Italy deports former Guantanamo detainee to home country of Tunisia
Italy deported a Tunisian national and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Wednesday for his connections to an extremist group that had planned various acts of terrorism in the country. Accompanied by Italian officials, Abdel Ben Mabrouk [NYT...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday denounced a deadly Iraqi military raid on a camp housing Iranian exiles. At least 34 people, including women, were shot to death...
Zambia high court acquits ex-president's wife on corruption charges
Zambia's Supreme Court on Monday acquitted Regina Chiluba, the wife of former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba , of charges that she accepted stolen property during the years of her husband's administration. The court overruled a previous decision from...
Former UN rights expert urges Afghanistan war crimes investigation
Former UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston on Sunday called for an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. In his first interview since stepping down from his UN...
Taliban should face war crimes charges over civilian casualties: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called for the Taliban and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan to be tried for war crimes for targeting civilians. The statement was released following the 2010 Mid-Year Report...
Federal appeals court orders US to reconsider terror label for Iran opposition group
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ordered the State Department to reconsider the status of the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) ....
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday criticized the human rights record of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad , claiming he has made virtually no progress on rights despite repeated promises for reform. In a report,...
A team of Belgian lawyers on Monday filed a complaint in a Brussels court against 12 Belgian officials accused of planning the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba , the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of the...
