Uganda generals could be prosecuted under new US child soldier law: report
Senior officers in the Ugandan military could held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Monday report in Kampala's Daily Monitor. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher Sunday called on the government of Sri Lanka to provide better human rights protections ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Tuesday calling on the Saudi government to institute new legal protections for the country's estimated 1.5 million domestic workers. The group said that...
Sri Lanka urged to end internment of refugees from Tamil areas
Human Rights Watch Wednesday accused Sri Lanka of creating a de facto internment camp to arbitrarily detain more than 400 refugees fleeing areas of the country controlled by...
Canada says charity a front for Tamil Tigers, prepares to seize assets
Canada classified the World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist organization Tuesday , according to comments by Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day . Day characterized the group as a front for...
Nepal's transition to democracy requires international and regional assistance
Kim Soo A : "First of all, I congratulate the people of Nepal on its transition into a Secular, Federal Democratic Republic. The declaration made on 28 May 2008 by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal...
UN rights council elections favor 4 states criticized by rights groups
The 47-member UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held elections for 15 open seats Wednesday, with four seats going to countries that have been harshly criticized by human rights groups. In a report to the...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday issued a report pushing for the enforcement of sanctions against more than 12 countries who continue to use child soldiers in armed combat. According to the report, child soldiers...
UN rights chief urges Sri Lanka to protect rights as ceasefire with Tamils expires
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government to abide by international law as a 2002 ceasefire with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [group website;...
Sri Lanka court limits government cordon-and-search security efforts
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Monday ordered the country's government to stop cordon-and-search security operations, in which security forces cut off access to a populated area before searching and arresting residents within. Human rights groups have...
