Human Rights Watch says China draft terrorism law a ‘license to commit abuses’
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged China to revise draft legislation aimed at combating terrorism, saying it was little more than “a license to commit human rights abuses”.
Bold Thai plan to send prisoners to sea sinks amid rights protests
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A radical plan by the Thai government to put prisoners to work on the country’s under-staffed fishing boats has been scrapped, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, following charges the scheme threatened inmates’ rights.
Australian refugee camp protest over, but not tensions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention center in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn their lips shut in protest, has ended without serious violence, authorities in both countries sai…
Fukushima worker dies after falling into water storage tank
TOKYO (Reuters) – A worker at Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Tuesday after falling inside a water storage tank, the latest in a spate of industrial accidents at the site of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, the world’s w…
Guatemala ex-police chief found guilty of Spanish embassy attack
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court on Monday found Pedro Garcia Arredondo, a former police chief, guilty of ordering the 1980 attack on the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City in which 37 people died, sentencing him to 40 years in prison.
Australia raises terror threat level against police to ‘high’
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia raised the threat level of a terrorist attack against law enforcement officers to “high” on Tuesday, federal police said, citing intelligence, discussions with international partners and recent high-profile attacks in Europ…
Argentine prosecutor who accused Fernandez of Iran plot found dead
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A prosecutor who accused Argentina’s president of orchestrating a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center was found dead in his apartment with a gunshot wound to the head, the go…
Nigerians face killings, hunger in Boko Haram’s ‘state’
YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria’s medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic colla…
Anti-bailout Syriza extends poll lead as Greece’s election day nears
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s anti-bailout opposition party Syriza appears to be gaining momentum with less than a week before Sunday’s snap election, moving further ahead of the co-ruling conservatives in three separate opinion polls.
U.S. senator threatens aid cut to Palestinians over ICC move
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Palestinians could lose annual U.S. aid if they file a lawsuit against Israel at the International Criminal Court which they joined this month over American and Israeli protests, a senior U.S. Republican senator said on Monday…
