I realise now that I didn’t have a hope. I had almost reached the stage when two of the biggest gorillas I have ever seen swept me up and carried me out of the tent. It was humiliating, but it could have been worse. The guard on the other side of the stage, half hidden […]
CPS Investigates Reports of Children Left Behind, Turned Away At FLDS Ranch
Recently, Child Protective Services of Texas heard that there reports that there were more children that had remained on the compound. According to the FLDS’ lawyer, the social workers were barred from entering. They were denied access to the ranch because the social workers did not have a warrant. At the same time, the two […]
Secrecy and Justice at the ICTY
By Simon Jennings in The Hague Lingering claims that the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, struck a deal with Belgrade which led to controversial Serbian military documents being kept under wraps have fuelled a debate on whether there should be greater transparency of proceedings at the court. Tribunal-watchers have […]
Sharifs allowed to contest polls
The Election Commission on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif after returning officers dismissed all objections to their running in the by-elections scheduled for June 18. Nawaz Sharif had filed nominations papers from NA-123 (Lahore) and NA-52 (Rawalpindi) while Shahbaz Sharif is contesting the by-elections from PP-154 (Lahore). […]
Child Labor Report Latest Example of China’s Disrespect for Human, Workers’ Rights
by James Parks Here’s one more reason that the Bush administration’s refusal to push China to respect workers’ rights is wrong. This week, Chinese police rescued 167 village children sold to work as slave laborers in a city in the booming southern province of Guangdong in the Pearl River Delta. The children all came from poor families who lived […]
Politicians Stymie Belgrade War Crimes Trials
By Caroline Tosh in London and Aleksandar Roknic in Belgrade The failure of Serbian politicians to back war crimes prosecutions is severely hampering work at the Belgrade war crimes court, say observers. Prosecutors, who are subject to frequent intimidation, complain they lack adequate funding, while rights groups say investigators are prevented from pursuing high-level suspects. […]
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