• Dutch court grants Rwandan extradition request

    Dec 20

    The Dutch Court of First instance has approved the extradition of a man suspected of taking part in the Rwandan genocide of 1994, to Rwanda where he will be put on trial.

  • China ‘firmly opposed’ to Japanese defence plan

    China’s Defence Ministry has strongly denounced a Japanese five-year government approved strategy, that will see an increase in defence spending.

  • India transfers diplomat from US to UN mission
    India has transferred its diplomat, whose arrest in the US sparked protests in India, to its UN mission, reports Reuters.

    Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested earlier this month, on charges of visa fraud and making false statements about the employment of her housekeeper, was serving as the deputy consul general in New York.
  • Prosecutor asks for delay in Kenyatta trial

    The trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the International Criminal Court was dealt a heavy blow yesterday, after the chief prosecutor requested a delay in his trial acknowledging a lack of evidence.

  • South Sudan ‘at precipice’ of civil war warns Obama

    US President Barack Obama has warned that South Sudan may return to the ‘dark days of its past’, in a letter to Congresss, as violence continues to grow in the world’s newest state.

    Calling on the South Sudanese leaders to show “courage and leadership”, Obama stated,

  • Rights organisations urge US to take tougher stance on Burma
    Several human rights organisations, in a letter addressed to the United States Government, urged President Obama, to take a tougher stance on relations with Burma.

    The letter called on the United States to act on the ongoing detainment of human rights activists and detained political prisoners.

    See the list of recommendations here.
  • Indian peacekeepers killed in South Sudan

    Three Indian peacekeepers have been killed as a United Nations compound was attacked in the Jonglei state of South Sudan by armed ethnic Nuer youth.

  • Russia blocks UN Security council condemnation of Syrian regime
    Russia objected a proposed United Nations Security Council statement condemning indiscriminate airstrikes by the Syrian regime that killed over 100 people in Aleppo.

    The statement, which was tabled by the United States was n

  • UK govt 'abandoned him' say family of British surgeon

    The family of the British surgeon, Mr Khan, who was found dead in his Syrian cell, on the day of his release by the Assad regime, have criticised the British government's handling of the affair accusing the Foreign Office of abandoning him.

    Speaking to the BBC, Mr Khan's brother, Dr Shahnawaz Khan said, "I believe the British government have failed my brother."

  • Ethnic conflict behind South Sudanese clashes - UN Security Council
    South Sudan’s former vice president, Riek Machar, denied allegations made on Monday, that he had led an attempted coup against President Salva Kiir.
  • Syria’s Islamic Front rejects talks with USA

    The US Ambassador to Syria has announced that the Islamic Front, a newly formed organisation battling against the Syrian government, has refused to engage in talks with the United States,  in an interview aired on Wednesday.

  • Russia 'celebrates' constitution with amnesty

    An amnesty law which will see many of Russia's most high profile political prisoners released has been approved by MPs and could come into effect as early as Thursday.

  • Denial of Armenian genocide is ‘freedom of expression’ rules ECHR

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled earlier today that denial of the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 as genocide constitutes “freedom of expression”.

    The ruling comes after a Turkish politician was charged by Swiss courts for publically labelling the mass killings an “international lie” and brought his appeal before the European court.

  • US academics back boycott of Israeli academic institutions
    The American Studies Association (ASA), an academic body of over 5000 members backed a boycott of Israeli institutions over Israel's treatment of Palestinians and "in solidarity with scholars and students deprived of their academic freedom".

    Following a ballot, a resolution was passed with a two-thirds majority. In a statement the ASA said,
  • China calls for ‘diplomatic solution’ on Iran

    China has called for all parties to work towards a ‘diplomatic solution’ on the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme, following a row over the expansion of a US sanctions blacklist earlier this week.

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