Several demonstrations at the Pittsburgh Group of 20 (G-20) Summit turned violent Thursday afternoon and late evening as protesters clashed with police. In the city's Oakland neighborhood, home of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University,...
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Rights issues highlighted in peaceful G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests
Protesters took to Pittsburgh's streets Thursday in peaceful demonstrations calling attention to a range of global human rights issues on the first day of the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit . A group of Tibetan protesters ...
China's oppression of Uyghurs remains largely ignored by the global community
Mehmet Tohti : "Horrible video footage posted on the internet regarding the July 5th Urumqi massacre has brought some international attention and at the same time revealed the bitter reality that can be summarized as...
China postpones mandatory installation of Internet filtering software
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced Tuesday that it would delay the mandatory installation of controversial "Green Dam" Internet content filtering software. The software would block websites...
Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
JURIST Guest Columnists Olga Martin-Ortega of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London (UK), and Jordi Palou-Loverdos, a lawyer who has represented Rwandan, Congolese and Spanish victims of crimes against humanity before the Spanish courts, say...
Spain lower house votes to limit reach of universal jurisdiction statute
The Spanish Congress of Deputies voted 341-2 Thursday to limit use of the country's universal jurisdiction statute to those offenses committed by or against Spaniards, or...
Spain must resist diplomatic pressure to limit application of universal jurisdiction
Reed Brody : "Spain has become the latest battleground in the fight over the soul of international justice. On Tuesday, its lower house of Parliament called for a limit on its universal jurisdiction law over...
Secrecy in China's trials of Tibetan protestors indicates political verdicts
Sophie Richardson : "The Chinese government's secrecy in handling unrest in Tibet since the March 2008 protests erupted in Lhasa was highlighted again on April 8, 2009, when a simple dispatch from the official news...
China court sentences two Tibetans to death for role in Lhasa riots
The Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced two Tibetans to death on Wednesday for their involvement in the March 2008 Lhasa riots . The two men were found guilty of starting...
UK cites counter-terrorism policies, conflict resolution as focus of 2008 rights efforts
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Thursday said that it has focused on the effects of counter-terrorism efforts and global warming on human rights, as well as effective conflict resolution and the support of international institutions...
