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China deports 5,000 N. Korea refugees annually

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

UN Rights chief urges probe into Kadhafi's death

The circumstances surrounding the death of Libya's ousted despot Moamer Kadhafi are unclear and an investigation is ...

Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest Bush

Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush, saying the ...

Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest Bush

Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush, saying the ...

Jakarta police conduct special operations ahead of SEA Games

Jakarta police have dealt with 304 criminal cases in operations pver the past nine days from October 1 to 9. ...

Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and ...

82 journalists killed worldwide so far this year

A total of 82 journalists have been killed worldwide so far this year in the pursuit of their jobs, with Mexico being ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...

Amnesty International sends open letter to Indonesian attorney general

Amnesty International wrote an open letter to Attorney General Basrief Arief, expressing concern about the continued ...

Lecturers, activists slam UI rector over award to Saudi King

A number of lecturers of state University of Indonesia (UI) and non-governmental organization activists have voiced ...

Ahmadiyah security chief sentenced to six months in jail

A security chief of the Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), Deden Sudjana, was sentenced to six months in jail in ...

Human rights groups shun British torture inquiry

Human rights organisations and lawyers have announced that they will boycott the inquiry into the UK`s alleged role ...

Bears saved from forced vodka drinking

Ukraine`s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for ...

Amnesty International hails US Court`s verdict on Exxon Mobile in Aceh

Amnesty International hailed the decision of the United States court of appeals on US-based Exxon Mobil in facing the ...

UN urges end to hostilities in south Kordofan

The UN Security Council on Friday called for an immediate end to hostilities in the Sudanese border area of South ...