カテゴリー: Law
World’s failure to act over Myanmar is ‘stain on collective conscience’, UN court toldAung San Suu Kyi has sat impassively through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape perpetrated by Myanmar’s military at the start of a three-day hearing into alleg…
Rights advocates describe event as ‘a mockery’ and condemn human rights lawyers being ‘forcefully disappeared’As China hosts hundreds of lawyers from around the world, dozens of prominent Chinese rights lawyers remain detained, according to rights advo…
Xinjiang governor offers no evidence of release but says ‘trainees’ have found stable jobsChina has said Uighurs and other minorities believed to be detained in Xinjiang have been freed, repeating claims made previously but offering no evidence of thei…
Peace prize winner will lead her country’s defence against claims at court in NetherlandsA momentous legal confrontation will take place at the UN’s highest court this week when the Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person to defend …
Government inaction drives Swati Maliwal of Delhi Women’s Commission to take a stand“Stop rape. Stop rape.” The chants rang out over the Samta Sthal memorial as hundreds of women from Delhi and beyond raised their fists in a show of collective rage. Am…
The men had been in police custody and were shot near the scene of the crime during a reconstructionIndian police have shot dead the four men accused of the brutal gang rape of a young vet in Hyderabad in circumstances that have been described as “susp…
Burmese leader will lead delegation to international court of justice next monthAung Sang Suu Kyi will travel to The Hague to defend Myanmar against allegations of genocide, her office has announced.The Burmese leader, once an icon of democracy but now…
Simon Cheng, who worked at consulate, alleges repeated mental and physical abuseA former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged he was tortured while being detained in China during a 15-day ordeal in which he said he was accused of …
Alleged evidence implicates UK troops in murder of children in Afghanistan and IraqThe UK government and the British army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq.Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence impli…
Myanmar is accused of mass persecution and ‘ongoing genocide’ of Muslim minorityJudges at the international criminal court (ICC) have authorised a full-scale investigation into allegations of mass persecution and crimes against humanity that forced at …
Myanmar is accused of mass persecution and ‘ongoing genocide’ of Muslim minorityJudges at the international criminal court (ICC) have authorised a full-scale investigation into allegations of mass persecution and crimes against humanity that forced at …
Application seeks punishment for culprits, compensation for victims and end to attacksMyanmar is to face accusations of genocide at the UN’s highest court over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.A 46-page application has been submitted to the internatio…
Kashmir is under siege. Up to 10,000 people have been victims of enforced disappearance, including my son JavaidThe Eid this year was like no other. We could not even offer the obligatory sacrifice because of the total siege by India of Kashmir.When my…
Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo had been found guilty of killing Hannah Witheridge and David MillerThe two migrant workers who were found guilty of the murders of two British backpackers on the Thai island of Koh Tao have had their convictions upheld by the count…