Full Coverage: Justice and Crime

06/29/2007 Sri Lankan journalists are worried about their safety as authorities have been hostile to them and are creating a climate of self-censorship. The International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Sri Lanka has found that even ministers threaten scribes.

06/29/2007 On May 30, 2005, along with three other persons I received a letter of death threat sent to my office by a person using a name of M. Julfikar from the defender of the New Order. In the letter he said that that I am a communist and disturbing stability in relation to the fights for justice for the Trisakti and Semanggi Student Shooting case (TSS) and accordingly within 15 days I will be executed.

06/29/2007 Pengesahan ratifikasi antipenyiksaan belum menjamin praktik penyiksaan dihapuskan dari Bumi Indonesia. Maka, ayo desak Pemerintah dan Parlemen memberi sanksi hukum yang tegas ke aparat negara yang melakukan tindakan penyiksaan dengan menyediakan mekanisme hukum yang adil dan jujur.

06/28/2007 Teens in the Central Valley of California have seen hundreds of immigrants detained in ICE raids. These are some of their thoughts.

06/26/2007 The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urged the government to keep in mind the recent recommendations on juvenile justice by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child while reviewing the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO).

06/21/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 21 (OneWorld) - The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take what advocates are calling a historic vote this week to close the largest U.S. military training ground for soldiers from Central and South America.

06/14/2007 SANTIAGO, Jun 14 (IPS) - Human rights groups in Chile described General Raul Iturriaga Neumann as "cowardly" for fleeing the justice system, which sentenced him to five years in prison for the 1974 forced disappearance of a leftwing activist.

06/13/2007 Sodan oikeussääntöjä määrittävien Geneven sopimusten lisäpöytäkirjat täyttivät kesäkuun alussa 30 vuotta. Täydennykset vuonna 1949 solmittuihin sopimuksiin ovat edelleen ajankohtaisia.

06/06/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (OneWorld) - Both the United Nations and some of the world's leading human rights organizations are welcoming the start of the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

06/05/2007 The Right to Information (RTI) Act is meant to reinforce the democratic rights of the citizens in India. Instead, people in Assam have been victims of hostile attacks for probing the truth behind various government schemes. Guwahati based North East Network (NEN) has helped many to seek their rights through the use of RTI.

06/04/2007 There have been a series of targeted attacks perpetrated against Papernas in recent times. Although a number of complaints have been filed against the perpetrators, there has been inadequate police investigations and action taken on these cases.

06/01/2007 Ram Puniyani, in his article, has highlighted the recent attacks on the Christian who are the new scapegoat in India's political battles. The consistent but low-key violence on grounds of conversion herald yet another unbecoming facet of contemporary Indian politics.