Tibetan environmentalist Rinchen Samdrup was sentenced to five years in prison by a Chinese court, found guilty of inciting separatism by posting a pro-Dalai Lama article on his website.
Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces acted with deliberate brutality in the wave of Tibetan protests that began on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
The Hague’s ruling that Kosova’s declaration of independence was not illegal is predictably applauded by the US and Kosova and protested by Russia and Serbia—yet it resolves nothing.
Amnesty International again called on Israeli authorities to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, after a further 74 were destroyed in the Jordan Valley earlier this week.
Five Yemeni soldiers were killed in in a suspected al-Qaeda ambush in the south, while in the north dozens of pro-government tribesmen were killed in clashes with Shi’ite Houthi rebels.
A federal judge in Washington DC granted the habeas corpus petition of Yemeni citizen Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif and ordered his immediate release from the Guantánamo Bay facility.
Two lawsuits were filed by civil rights groups seeking injunctive relief against a Fremont, Neb., ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting property to “illegal immigrants.”
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused Colombia of granting oil exploration permits in waters disputed between the two countries—with a case still pending at the International Court of Justice.
5,000 indigenous campesinos marched in downtown Bogotá to protest the pact giving US forces access to Colombian military bases. The march came amid Colombia’s official bicentennial celebrations.
Eight have been arrested following a clash between villagers and workers at a coal mine in Shaanxi province. Control of the village-owned mine was usurped by private investors.
The US and China are holding dueling military maneuvers in the Yellow Sea—just as it has been fouled by the worst oil spill in China’s history, following a pipeline blast at the port of Dalian.
Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz faces new charges for crimes committed during Saddam’s regime. Aziz’s lawyer says the Iraqi government is attempting to find a reason to execute him.
