By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 May 2008 A senior U.S. official tells VOA that Washington will seriously consider recommendations from a U.N. Watchdog Group regarding the detention of more than 500 juveniles by the U.S. military in Iraq. The official says...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 13 November 2007 Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been placed under house arrest ahead of a planned protest march against the emergency law imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Ms. Bhutto has also soug...
By VOA News 08 November 2007 A leading human rights activist under house arrest in Pakistan says emergency rule may turn her country into the next Burma. Asma Jahangir, head of the Human Rights Committee of Pakistan, told VOA in an interview she fear...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 06 September 2007 The Ethiopian government has confirmed the detention of scores of citizens suspected of involvement in a regional insurgent movement. From the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, VOA's Peter Heinlein report...
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