10 September 10 - From InfoSud/News agencies: Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger’s appearance in Geneva for the Annual Global Strategic Review conference (Sept. 10-12) has sparked controversy by those who think he should be brought before an international court on war crimes charges for his (...) Read

9 September 10 - From BBC News: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad caused anger in 2006. Read

8 September 10 - From InfoSud: Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Tuesday (September 8), the first US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, said a major US priority for the September Council session will be to raise the profile of freedom of association as a fundamental human (...) Read

7 September 10 - From the Washington Post: The U.S. government, which has long scrutinized other countries’ human rights records, has turned its gaze inward - evaluating its own performance in a largely upbeat report to the United Nations. Read

6 September 10 - From the Irish Times: TENS OF thousands joined protests across France on Saturday against a government crackdown on immigrants and the high-profile repatriation of Roma people to eastern Europe. Read

4 September 10 - From Radio Free Europe: There have been calls for the release of Iranian human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari, ahead of the scheduled start of her trial on September 4, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Read

2 September 10 - From Der Spiegel: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, 57, discusses the stoning of adulterers, the consequences of Western sanctions against Iran and the risk of a military strike against his country. Read

1 September 10 - From the BBC: On the eve of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, the US has appealed to both sides not to let the killing of four Jewish settlers near Hebron derail the talks. Read

31 August 10 - From the Guardian: As the Guardian reported last week, a 600-page report by the UN high commissioner for human rights was leaked, documenting the role of Rwanda in possible genocide in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the late (...) Read

30 August 10 - From the Associated Press: The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have clamped down harder on opponents and critics in recent months — deepening a nasty split that could prevent Palestinian statehood even if peace talks with Israel kicking off this week succeed (...) Read