Bangladesh charges U.S.-based rights group with contempt
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh prosecutors on Tuesday charged Human Right Watch with contempt of court after the New York-based rights group criticized the conviction of a top Islamist politician on war crimes charges.
Britain rejects Spanish request for Gibraltar talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain rejected a Spanish proposal to hold one-on-one talks over the sovereignty of the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar on Tuesday after Spain issued an appeal for such negotiations to be held “as soon as possible”…
Victims of domestic violence face uphill battle for protection in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yulia endured three years of almost daily rapes and beatings before she fled her husband with her four children, living for the next year in constant fear he would find them.
Britain defends detention of Snowden writer’s partner
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday defended the detention under anti-terrorism powers of the partner of a journalist who has written about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden, saying it had a duty “to protect the …
Egyptian court to review petition for Mubarak’s release on Wednesday
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court will on Wednesday review a petition for the release of deposed President Hosni Mubarak filed by his lawyer, judicial sources said.
Horror of North Korean prison camps exposed at U.N. panel hearing
SEOUL (Reuters) – Public executions and torture are daily occurrences in North Korea’s prisons, according to dramatic testimony from former inmates at a U.N. Commission of Inquiry that opened in South Korea’s capital on Tuesday.
Despite Bo’s trial in China, no redress for victims of his crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – The curtain may be about to fall on China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai, but victims of the harsh brand of justice he handed out in a high-profile crime crackdown are not making any headway in their campaign for redress.
Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with murder of Benazir Bhutto
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan charged former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday with the 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto in an unprecedented move likely to anger the all-powerful army.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region sets quota for Syrian refugees: aid agencies
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian refugees continue to stream over the border into northern Iraq, where the Kurdistan regional government has put in place a daily quota of 3,000, aid agencies said on Tuesday.
Iran’s president still undecided on his nuclear negotiator
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani is still deciding who will lead talks with world powers on Iran’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, more than two months after the moderate cleric was elected.
