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Indicted former Rwandan government official Michel Bagaragaza surrendered himself to officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Tuesday. Bagaragaza has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide and complicity...

Kyrgyz prosecutor Nurlan Jeenaliyev said Monday that Kyrgyzstan will return 15 Uzbek refugees back to their home country over the objections of the UN and some rights groups. The announcement came after weeks of diplomacy about...

Uzbekistan Monday angrily denounced a UN airlift to Romania of Uzbek refugees who fled to Kyrgyzstan after a violent uprising in May 2005 in the Uzbek city of Andijan. The refugees were moved amidst fears...

A new report prepared at the instance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and released Friday criticizes the Sudanese government for its inaction in allowing sexual violence in the turbulent Darfur region...

The UN High Commission for Refugees began airlifting Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan Wednesday amidst concerns for their safety there . As many as 455 refugees will eventually be relocated . The refugees fled a...

Egyptian security officials hedged Saturday on their willingness to comply with a request by British officials for the extradition of Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, currently detained in Cairo in connection with the July 7 bombings in London ....

A new report by the American Progress Fund has savaged US television news networks for covering trivial legal stories such as the "runaway bride" [CNN.com report; interview on coverage with CNN president Jonathan Klein; Columbia Journalism Review...

Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov has announced that his government will deport 13 of 29 detained Uzbek refugees accused of participating in a May uprising in in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan , rejecting claims the refugees...

At a parliamentary hearing on relief efforts, Indonesian lawmakers Friday assailed the government's response to the December 26 tsunami , arguing there had been no "significant progress" and demanding a response to claims of corruption. Six months...

The UN is planning to send an investigator to Japan next week to look into charges of racism and discrimination against ethnic minority groups in the country, including ethnic Koreans and Chinese, according to a statement by the Office...