A collection of African civil society organizations on Monday issued a declaration urging greater cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African nations during the upcoming ICC review conference. The group of 124 organizations called...
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UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Friday condemned calls by Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi for a jihad on Switzerland. Gaddafi issued the call in response to Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of...
Switzerland liberals call for referendum to reverse minaret ban
A group of Swiss intellectuals on Sunday called for a reversal of Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of minarets . The Swiss intellectual group Club Helvetique told a Swiss newspaper that they...
The Lebanese Parliament on Monday approved a new election law as part of a peace deal between pro- and anti-Syrian groups within the country. Many of the provisions included in the law, which guarantees candidates...
Italy to pay Libya $5b compensation for colonial rule as Berlusconi apologizes
The leaders of Italy and Libya Saturday signed a accord under which Italy pledged to invest $5 billion in Libya as compensation for its colonial rule over the north African state from 1911 to 1943....
Lebanon court issues warrants for Gaddafi, other Libyan officials
Lebanon on Wednesday charged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and six other officials with the 1978 disappearance of a prominent Lebanese cleric and issued warrants for their arrests. In Beirut, investigating magistrate...
France judges investigate torture allegations against Libya leader
French judges have launched an investigation into torture allegations by a Palestinian doctor who was detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, a judicial official said...
Palestinian doctor files torture complaint against Libya with UN rights group
A Palestinian doctor detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) against Libya...
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam Friday denied that Libya engages in torture in response to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a Palestinian doctor detained in Libya after being accused of deliberately infected hundreds of children with the...
Palestinian doctor files French lawsuit against Gaddafi over alleged Libya torture
A Palestinian doctor detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infected hundreds of children with the HIV virus Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi , alleging that he was tortured during...