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The soldiers reportedly recovered weapons and a grenade from a cabinet inside the mosque, in Alat. However, in an interview in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a local religious leader has said that...

Mr Prangnell and Mr Yore were arrested in Montenegro on 1-2 August 2000 and subsequently held on 'terrorism' and 'espionage' charges in Belgrade. They had been working in Kosovo for the Organisation...

The organisation has been concerned about reports indicating that former state security officer Edin Garaplija will not be permitted to be present at the hearing of his appeal at the Supreme Court on...

Despite an official denial by the armed forces, a wide range of unofficial sources in Bujumbura insist that the armed forces were responsible for the extrajudicial execution of these unarmed civilians...

Despite an official denial by the armed forces, a wide range of unofficial sources in Bujumbura insist that the armed forces were responsible for the {extrajudicial execution} of these unarmed...

Bhutan and Nepal started negotiations to solve the problem of the people in the refugee camps in November 1992. Since then, nine ministerial-level meetings between both countries have taken place. At...

Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: 'Locking people up is not going to improve the asylum system. Detention will risk adding to the misery of those escaping from human rights...

Mohammed Lathif Baithullah, who is also a police officer, was killed and so were his bodyguards. But the large majority of those killed were civilians and it is clear that their killing was in...

'This trial is a crucial step towards addressing human rights violations committed under the military dictatorship' the organisation continued. 'The Haitian authorities should make full use of this...

'The dead civilians, among them young Children's rights , include those uninvolved in the conflict and seeking safety,' the human rights organisation said, 'The loss of civilian life is devastating...