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UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said that Uzbekistan authorities continue to use torture , particularly against those who oppose the government, noting that he has evidence of systematic...

A series of speakers in the Arizona State Legislature offered stinging criticism in floor speeches Monday of demonstrators who marched in support of a chance for citizenship for illegal immigrants in the US. A group...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Israel's cabinet has declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be permanently incapacitated , marking the official end of the Sharon administration and opening the way for acting-PM Ehud Olmert to...

Pro-democracy demonstrators in Nepal marched in the streets again on Monday for a fifth straight day to protest the direct rule government of King Gyanendra , defying curfews , tear gas and rubber bullets....

Protests continued at 32 of France's 84 universities Monday, despite separate announcements from French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin earlier in the day that the section of a recently-enacted law on...

Large numbers of immigrants and supporters assembled in cities across the United States Monday for a National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice , urging lawmakers to make it easier for the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants...

Leading Monday's international brief, the European Union Council of Foreign Ministers has voted to suspend economic aid to the Palestinian Authority on the grounds that EU law forbids the funding of terrorist organizations and...

The European Union on Monday approved a travel ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 30 other top government officials in response to his government's crackdown on political protesters following...

Changes to the controversial French labor law establishing the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) are expected to be announced Monday after an early-morning meeting between President Jacques Chirac and Prime...

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu Sunday despite a Saturday-imposed curfew and threats from the government to shoot violators on sight. Scuffles with police, one death, and numerous injuries were...