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31 Oct 2004, 10:56 am
[JURIST] The militant Islamic group the Army of Muslims (Jaish-e-Muslimeen) that has kidnapped three UN relief employees in Afghanistan - British-Irish woman Annetta Flanigan, Kosovar woman Shqipe Hebibi and Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan - is calling for the release of Afghan prisoners in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, and the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 3:50 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly's Third Committee [official website] on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium [press release] on the death penalty [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
12 Sep 2005, 5:38 am
[JURIST] Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov said Monday that Kyrgyzstan [JURIST news archive] will decide on the fate of 15 Uzbek refugees [JURIST report] trilaterally through the opinions of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees [official website] and the Kyrgyz and Uzbek General Prosecutor's Offices. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 5:18 pm
[JURIST] A panel of UN experts on Wednesday urged [press release] authorities in Myanmar [JURIST archive; BBC backgrounder] to retry political and religious prisoners. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 9:20 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Thursday called for a renewed international commitment to eradicate all forms of slavery [statement text]. [read post]
9 Nov 2004, 1:32 am
[JURIST] A UN-appointed commission of inquiry has begun its work to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in Sudan's Darfur region. [read post]
20 Jun 2005, 12:55 pm
[JURIST] The controversial confirmation of UN ambassador nominee John Bolton. [read post]
25 Oct 2005, 10:53 am
Titinga Frederic Pacere [UN press release] attacked the nation's justice system, describing the prison system as "deplorable and inhumane" and the justice system as "powerless and lack[ing] resources. [read post]
14 Sep 2006, 12:55 pm
[JURIST] The Rwandan government [official website] Thursday threatened to stop working with the UN-sponsored International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] because it believes the ICTR employs genocide suspects. [read post]
14 Mar 2006, 1:21 am
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's international brief, the UN Security Council [official website] has expressed its approval of the African Union [official website] decision to extend the AU peacekeeping force mandate [Mail & Guardian report] for Darfur [JURIST news archive] by six months. [read post]
19 Sep 2004, 9:57 am
The Sudanese embassy in Washington has stated that the country will abide by UN Security Council resolution 1564 threatening sanctions on Sudan's vital oil industry unless security is restored to the Darfur region, "even though [the resolution] was unfair and unjust to the Sudan," according to the independent Al-Sahafa newspaper. [read post]
28 Mar 2005, 12:22 pm
[JURIST] Cambodian officials will appeal to the UN on Monday for more than $70 million needed to establish a tribunal to prosecute remaining members of the Khmer Rouge regime [BBC backgrounder], responsible for the deaths of two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. [read post]
25 Apr 2003, 11:15 am
In separate statements Friday, New York-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch and the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists bemoaned the subordination of rights protection to political concerns at the most recent session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, now concluding in Geneva. [read post]
10 Jun 2004, 6:59 am
A UN body recommended today giving broadcasters greater control over public use of their material. [read post]
23 Dec 2006, 2:30 pm
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] voted 15-0 Saturday to impose its first sanctions on Iran [JURIST news archive] for continuing to enrich uranium past an August 31 deadline imposed by Security Council Resolution 1696 [PDF text, JURIST report]. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 5:29 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Friday urged Turkmenistan to place a stronger emphasis on human rights [press release]. [read post]
12 Apr 2005, 8:58 am
[JURIST] The nomination of John Bolton [official profile] as US ambassador to the UN is expected to be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [official website] as early as Thursday, despite intense criticism by a former State Department official during a hearing Tuesday. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 2:53 am
[JURIST] The UN signed an agreement Tuesday to create an international tribunal [JURIST news archive] to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [official website] in February 2005. [read post]
14 Nov 2005, 12:46 am
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) [official website], in its second bi-monthly human rights report [text, DOC] covering the period from September 1 to October 31, on Monday warned of human rights violations in Iraq [press release, DOC] in light of the increased number of detainees held on terrorist-related charges [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 9:42 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Tuesday spoke against the execution [press release] of an Iraqi man and his two wives in the Kurdistan region. [read post]
