Poln izvestaj: Justice and crime

25.06.2008 To commemorate the birthday of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani government is recommending President Musharraf commute the death sentences of more than 7,000 prisoners to life imprisonment.

24.06.2008 European governments are dodging the truth about the U.S. practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report.

24.06.2008 In this upcoming documentary, an Iraqi journalist shares his story of being wrongfully jailed in Abu Ghraib Prison for allegedly planning to kill former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

24.06.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who is accused of thousands of political murders during his eight-year reign, the prosecution remains in limbo, six human rights groups complained in a joint statement Monday.

23.06.2008 One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.

21.06.2008 Un mes después de la mayor redada de inmigración en un solo lugar de trabajo en la historia de los EE.UU., las familias de Postville todavía viven con el miedo de que regresen los agentes de inmigración.

20.06.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (OneWorld) - Calls for tough international action in Darfur are growing as the United States prepares to leave the UN Security Council's rotating presidency at the end of this month.

19.06.2008 Almost two years after 17 of its members were murdered, the humanitarian group Action Against Hunger has pulled out of Sri Lanka, beginning a new international campaign in the hope of finding justice.

17.06.2008 Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice.
From: Bhopal.net

17.06.2008 Sait Sanli, a 64-year old former butcher and cattle-raiser, is practically a professional peacekeeper, single-handedly ending hundreds of blood feuds in his native southeastern Turkey.

17.06.2008 The aftermath of a recent immigration raid in Iowa demonstrates the human cost of removing migrant workers from their families and community, writes journalist Lynda Waddington.

13.06.2008 The UK's House of Commons voted this Wednesday to extend the period for which terrorist suspects can be jailed without charge from four to six weeks, in what human rights advocates warn is an erosion of civil liberties.

13.06.2008 The Ethiopian army is responsible for widespread "executions, torture, and rape" of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region, committed as part of Ethiopia's campaign against rebel insurgents, states a new report from an international human rights watchdog.
Human Rights Watch

13.06.2008 The Supreme Court has declared that prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp must be given the chance to defend themselves in U.S. courts, drawing cheers from human rights activists that have been arguing the point for over six years.
From: Human Rights Watch

06.06.2008 The Wednesday detention of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has elicited strong criticism from human rights advocates who warn it is part of "a sudden, sharp and dangerous crackdown on political opposition in the run-up to the elections."

05.06.2008 On the nineteenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and weeks before the Beijing Olympics, China should release the estimated 130 people still imprisoned for peaceful protest, says an international human rights organization.

02.06.2008 India’s death penalty system is discriminatory and arbitrary according to a latest report released by human rights watchdog, Amnesty International India and Peoples Union for Civil Liberties. Analysing various Supreme Court judgments, the report reveals that no clear guidelines exist with regard to awarding capital punishment.