China will begin trials over the next weeks for suspects accused in last month’s deadly riots in Xinjiang. Human rights groups have little confidence the tribunals will be fair.
Chinese human rights group Gongmeng announced that its co-founder, prominent attorney Xu Zhiyong, was arrested at his home four days ago and has not been heard from since.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan declared that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the constitution when he declared emergency rule in November 2007.
Human rights group Reprieve announced it is suing the British government over the “rendition” of Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni from Indonesia to Egypt, where he was tortured for months.
International rights groups are demanding an investigation after the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram rebels reportedly “died in police custody.” Some 300 were killed in the 72-hour offensive.
The deadline for an Iraqi referendum on the security agreement with the US passed with a few deadly bombings but no vote. The US still has over 130,000 troops in Iraq.
One was shot and several wounded in clashes between protesters and security forces around Tegucigalpa, while Zelaya supporters established a “resistance camp” along the Nicaraguan border.
President Hugo Chávez withdrew his ambassador from Bogotá to protest charges by Colombia that weapons found in the hands of the FARC were sold by Sweden to Venezuela.
Honduran police claim to have uncovered evidence that Colombia’s FARC guerilla organization has financed supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Hundreds of Daniel Ortega supporters armed with rocks and sticks blocked roads to bar a Nicaraguan congressional delegation protesting Manuel Zelaya’s Nicaraguan base camp.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, hosting a regional summit, called for “absolute ostracism” of the de facto regime in Honduras, saying “sanctions should continue to be applied.”
Hundreds attended the funeral of a man killed by police at the border protest over the weekend. Campesino leader Rafael Alegría was meanwhile detained by the de facto authorities.
