USA: CIA sued over “extraordinary rendition”
Former CIA director George Tenet and other CIA officials are being sued under the US Alien Tort Claims Act, by a German citizen, Khaled El-Masri, who claims to have been wrongfully abducted by the CIA in Macedonia and transported to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan...
Hissène Habré doit être extradé vers la Belgique
La CIJ, dans une lettre adressée au Président du Sénégal, S.E.M. Abdoulaye Wade, a demandé que M. Hissène Habré soit extradé vers la Belgique.
Uzbekistan: Alleged organizers of Andijan protest convicted for terrorism
On 14 November the Uzbek Supreme Court convicted 15 men for organizing protests in Andijan in May, during which government forces reportedly killed hundreds of civilians. The trial of the accused, who were described as Islamic terrorists, has been criticized for...Kyrgyzstan: “Extremism” outlawed
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