This week, Amnesty International issued its annual human rights report and a top official with the organization says it captures the soaring highs and crushing lows in the world of international justice. For first time, the International Criminal Cou...
The United Nations has announced the establishment of a commission to investigate the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto addresses media representatives at a press conference in Karachi, 19 Oct 2007...
The Australian government is investigating reports that the Taliban killed up to 20 Afghans who were denied asylum in Australia and sent back to Afghanistan. They allegedly were among 400 asylum seekers denied entry into Australia by the former gove...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 December 2007 The U.S. Justice Department and the Central Inteligence Agency (CIA) announced Saturday that they would open an investigation into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes that showed the interrogatio...
By Scott Stearns White House 02 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants a bipartisan commission to investigate the quality of health care for America's military veterans following a series of newspaper stories describing poor conditions at a Was...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 01 February 2007 watch Iran Karbala report U.S. media reports [New York Times, CNN] say the United States is investigating possible Iranian involvement in a recent attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq...
By Tom Rivers London 03 January 2007 The United Nations says it will investigate allegations that some peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been involved in the rape and sexual abuse of children. The abuse allegations were published Tuesday in Britai...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 July 2006 The U.N. Human Rights Council has voted to send an urgent fact-finding mission to Gaza to investigate alleged human rights violations there by Israel. At the end of a special session of the Council, members approv...
By Scott Stearns White House 01 June 2006 Iraq will launch its own investigation into reports that U.S. Marines last year intentionally killed as many as 24 unarmed civilians in the town of Haditha. U...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 January 2006 The Kenyan government is investigating claims that some relief food that had been donated to famine victims in the north and east is instead being sold in the...