Britain asks UN to support deportation of suspected militants
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke urged the UN on Tuesday to support Britain's efforts to deport suspected militants to countries believed to engage in torture. Clarke's made the call in response to statements UN Special...
Nepal army guilty of systematic torture, UN investigator says
The Nepalese army has resorted to systematic torture to gain intelligence and confessions in its continuing fight against Maoist rebels in the country, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights said Friday. Special Rapporteur...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Wednesday denounced a statement issued by the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak urging the UK to refrain from deporting Islamic radicals for fear that they will...
UN official says UK proposal to deport extremists could violate international law
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Tuesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to deport Islamic extremists is likely to result in violations of international human rights law. While such laws prohibit...
UN torture investigator: US may be detaining terror suspects on warships
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Tuesday that the UN has learned of serious allegations that the US is secretly detaining prisoners aboard military vessels, perhaps in the Indian Ocean in the vicinity of the...
UN torture investigator complains of US delays in approving Gitmo visit
Manfred Nowak , the UN special investigator on torture, complained Thursday that the US was stalling on his request to visit detainees at Guantanamo . A US spokeswoman denied any delay, however, and put the lack...
