Russia prosecutor asks for death penalty in Beslan terror case
Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel on Thursday requested a death sentence for Nurpashi Kulayev , the sole surviving attacker from the September 2004 Beslan school siege . Kulayev has pleaded not guilty ...
Russia military prosecutor reports widespread abuse in armed forces
Russia's Chief Military Prosecutor on Monday told the Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, that approximately 6,000 people were abused by Russian military personnel last year and 2,600 soldiers were convicted of abusing other soldiers [JURIST...
Russia parliament considers laws to prevent extremism, racism
A lawmaking committee in the Russian parliament is considering legislation to tackle the country's increasing problem with racism and extremism, according to the chairman of committee in the State Duma . The lower parliamentary house is...
American and European officials meeting in Munich Sunday at the annual Conference on Security Policy criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for backsliding on his protection of human rights. US Senator John McCain went...
Iran confirms end of cooperation with IAEA after UN referral
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki confirmed Sunday that Iran had ceased cooperating with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , allowing the country to resume uranium enrichment without being subject to IAEA inspections. The move, ordered Saturday...
Anthony D'Amato : "Today, February 4, 2006, Senator John McCain speaking in Munich said that military action against Iran must remain an option if it did not bow to international demands to halt its nuclear activities....
Russian court convicts head of US-supported NGO for inciting hatred
A Russian court has convicted Stanislav M. Dmitriyevsky , director of the US-supported Russian-Chechen Friendship Society , of inciting religious and ethnic hatred by publishing editorial commentaries by two Chechen separatist leaders in 2004. The...
Russian military court convicts officer of conscript slavery in latest abuse case
A Russian military court has convicted a senior officer in the country's elite missile corps of modern-day slavery and contracting out conscripts under his command for personal gain. Deputy Commander Vladimir Kontonistov has been banned from...
UN ambassadors from Panama and South Africa Thursday circulated a draft compromise resolution in the UN General Assembly outlining provisions for a UN Human Rights Council to replace the current 53-member Commission on Human Rights...
Human rights observers have accused the US of ignoring a deteriorating situation in Russia, including crackdowns on the media and overreach of executive power. Mark Medish, a spokesman for the independent Council on Foreign Relations, told the US Commission...
