Europe report: UK human rights record poor, under investigation
A declassified intergovernmental report obtained by the British newspaper The Independent says that Britain has one of the poorest human rights records in Europe, and that the UK is under investigation for non-compliance with European rights standards. The report,...
Report on Russian kidnappings, torture in terror war [Amnesty International]
Torture, "disappearances" and alleged unfair trials in Russian's North Caucasus, Amnesty International, September 30, 2005 [report claiming that Russia is utilizing its own "war on terror" to commit human rights abuses, alleging that between 3,000 and 5,000 kidnappings have taken...
Rights groups allege mass kidnappings, torture by Russian authorities
Amnesty International and Russia's Memorial Human Rights Center Friday accused Russian authorities of arbitrary and prolonged detentions of civilians, torture, and forced confessions . Amnesty International has released a new report...
Khodorkovsky to appeal conviction to European rights court, lawyer told to leave Russia
Lawyers for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Friday that they will appeal his conviction on tax and fraud evasion charges to the European Court of Human Rights . A...
Nuclear terrorism convention gets first signature at UN summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to sign the UN Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism , which opened for signatures Wednesday at the UN's 2005 World Summit ....
US considers new 'networked munitions', rejects treaty banning landmines
US Pentagon officials are in the final stages of determining whether to implement a new weapons program that would mandate the production of a new era of landmines, dubbed "networked munitions", in the face of international opposition to such...
UN summit talks break down over human rights, management reform differences
Intensive talks directed at salvaging a consensus draft document for the 2005 United Nations World Summit broke down Monday over differences on human rights and management reform, according to a spokesman for the US UN mission [official...
The Arbitration Appeals Court of Moscow rejected an appeal Thursday made by Russian oil company Yukos asking the court to freeze 76.79% of the shares of its former production unit Yuganskneftegaz . The...
Russia on Friday released two former Guantanamo Bay detainees from a Moscow detention center. Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov, who were extradited to Russia by the US in 2004, were arrested ...
Former Gitmo prisoners arrested in Russia, rights group says
Human rights group Amnesty International reported Tuesday that two men who were formerly held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have been detained in Russia by men claiming to be...
