International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that Libya may conduct the trial of Saif al-Islam Qaddafii—despite concern from human rights groups about whether he can receive impartial justice in the country.
The relatives of 57 people killed in a 2009 massacre on the conflicted Philippine island of Mindanao have sued former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for allegedly assisting the perpetrators, the militia controlled by a local clan.
Thousands of activists attended the 21st annual protest against the US Army’s School of the Americas, while one was arrested at a nearby detention center protesting the government’s “inhumane immigration policies.”
The AFL-CIO presented its 2011 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, general secretary of the Mexican mineworkers union, now living in exile in Vancouver.
Haitian activists have started an international campaign to force Port-au-Prince apparel assembly plants to rehire six union members who were allegedly dismissed for their union activities.
President Santos withdrew his education “reform” bill, and student leaders responded by suspending a month-old strike that shut down the country’s public universities and many of the private schools.
Kuwait’s emir has ordered authorities to tighten security in the Persian Gulf mini-state after the parliament building was stormed by dozens of protesters demanding a probe of corruption claims and an end to the ban on political parties.
Up to 20,000 people remain in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, with thousands more in surrounding streets, despite ongoing efforts by security forces to remove them in a third consecutive day of protests. Over 20 have now been killed in the protests.
Rodrigo Londoño AKA “Timochenko,” issued his first statement since assuming command of the FARC guerillas, saying official celebrations of the death of his predecessor Alfonso Cano exposed “the macabre face of this beautiful democracy.”
Hundreds of protesters against Egypt’s military rulers remain camped in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a third day, retaking the plaza in clashes with security forces after being evicted in a police assault. At least 13 protesters were killed.
A funeral procession in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar erupted into clashes with Israeli forces after a Jewish settler fired on the group and Palestinian mourners responded by throwing stones. Israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets.
Police in Northern Ireland are considering deployment of mini-drones to combat crime and the dissident Republican threat. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are small enough to fit into a rucksack and will be used for surveillance.
