18 April 2008
Pakistan has ratified a key UN human rights treaty and signed two others.
11 April 2008
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
11 April 2008
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
20 March 2008
A Moroccan who was jailed for creating a Facebook profile of a prince has been released from prison.
18 March 2008
Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week.
14 March 2008
An Indigenous Canadian community’s longstanding campaign to stop
clear-cut logging on its land has prompted a multinational paper
company to stop buying wood fibre from the area.
6 March 2008
Three members of the so-called Bali Nine have had their death sentences
reduced to life imprisonment following a judicial review by the Supreme
Court.
29 February 2008
Cuba signed two major human rights treaties at the UN in New York on Thursday.
28 February 2008
Four more hostages have been released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
