By Gabrielle Brick Hong Kong 26 June 2006 Police baton an unidentified person after violence erupted during funeral of actor Raj Kumar, in Bangalore, India, April 13, 2006 To mark the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, an Asian...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 19 July 2006 Israeli warplanes destroyed the center of the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday July 19, 2006 Israel carried out more air strikes in Lebanon, killing dozens of civilians while Hezbollah rocket...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 July 2006 Protesters perform a stage setting of Guantanamo in front of UN Human Rights Committee headquarters in Geneva, July 17, 2006 Washington's record on treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleged secret pr...
Law Enforcement By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 May 2006 Human trafficking into sex trade A conference in Bangkok is promoting greater regional cooperation in the fight against human trafficking in the Mekon...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 June 2006 The State Department's annual 2006 report on human trafficking around the world notes some progress on the issue last year, although it says the overall situati...
By Jane M Friedman Washington, D.C. 02 May 2006 watch Clinical Trial report Human Trials, preparing for the shot Six Londoners almost died recently during a human trial of a new drug. The British gove...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 April 2006 The U.N. human rights chief has blasted the Ethiopia's human rights situation, saying that she is troubled by the continued detention of political opponents in...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 27 April 2006 Thai soldiers remove remnants of a deadly clash at the Kreu Se mosque in Pattani province, near the border of Malaysia, April 29, 2004 In Thailand, security has bee...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 30 March 2006 The U.N. helicopter sets off from Monrovia airport, Liberia, March 29, 2006, with captured former Liberian President Charles Taylor, en route to Sierra Leone Li...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 29 March 2006 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has lashed out at the United Nations human rights envoy to Cambodia, after the diplomat criticized the country's human rights re...