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While the United States is deeply concerned over Iran's destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, there is another reason why President Donald Trump has called the Iranian government a fanatical regime exercising extremist rule: 虽然美国深切忧虑
Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer accused by the United States of offering to sell weapons to terrorist groups, appeared in federal court in New York on Thursday. Bout's lawyer asked the government to provide his client with better prison
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 October 2007 This year's winner of the Nansen Refugee Award is appealing to governments to treat asylum seekers and refugees with compassion and to seek humane alternatives to detention. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refug
By Gary Thomas Washington 22 March 2007 Sign at entrance of Camp Delta On March 26 Australian terror suspect David Hicks will become the first detainee held by the United States to be tried in the new military commissions created by the Bush administ
By Stephanie Ho Washington 29 November 2006 A German man who was detained in Macedonia and who says he was tortured while in CIA custody, is in Washington seeking support for his campaign to obtain an explanation and an apology from the U.S. governm
By Ron Corben Bangkok 25 May 2007 Burma's military leaders have extended their detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, despite growing international pressure. Government sources say Burmese officials visited her residence Frida
By Cindy Saine Washington 11 January 2008 The human rights group Amnesty International staged protests around the world Friday to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The g
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2006 U.N. human rights investigators are calling for the immediate closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sign at entrance of Camp Del
By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 March 2006 Akbar Ganji has been set free after spending six years in prison Iran's most prominent dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, has been released from prison, af
The independent U.N. expert on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, says torture is practiced frequently in many countries, and that prison conditions are often so poor they can be considered cruel and inhuman treatment. From Uni
World Pledges $780 Million for New Shell for Chernobyl Nuclear Plant The Fukushima factor reaches around the world to help raise funds for a new containment shell for the stricken nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine. One week before the 25th an
Palestinian Prisoner Tastes Freedom After 33 Years The 477 Palestinian prisoners who were released Tuesday in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are enjoying families and freedom after years of confinement. One of the longest serving prisoners
Industrial Livestock Farms Linked to Staph As economies grow in developing countries, more of them are adopting a Western-style diet. That means eating a lot more meat. As a result, the number of industrial or factory livestock farms has increased. B
She blinks in the sunlight. She spent her confinement in semi-darkness. She checks that the coast is clear and then reveals her secrets. Time for a stretch. She's been cooped up with her cubs since she gave birth three months ago. They learn by examp
A very public plea center stage at the Emmys by Michael Douglas, saying he wants to see his son. Cameron Douglas is behind bars right now for dealing drugs, and his father used his Emmy win to speak out against the American prison system. ABCs Ceceli
By Kate Woodsome Phnom Penh 03 December 2007 A United Nations-backed tribunal formed to hear charges against Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge leaders has denied bail to the first defendant it has seen. As VOA's Kate Woodsome reports from Phnom Penh, the
Manning Guilty of Espionage, But Not Aiding the Enemy曼宁被定间谍罪,但援助敌方罪名不成立 FORT MEADE, MD A military judge in Maryland has found Army Private Bradley Manning guilty of espionage - but not aiding the enemy - by leaking h
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 March 2008 An Indian prisoner who spent 35 years on death row in a Pakistan jail has returned to India, after being granted clemency by Pakistani authorities. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi his return is being
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 November 2007 A leading rights group says Sri Lankan domestic workers in the Middle East are victims of serious abuses. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Human Rights Watch accuses Persian Gulf countries of fa
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 August 2007 The Kenyan government has welcomed a rebel leader from Darfur. The rebel, Suleiman Jamous, was given permission to leave Sudan to travel to Kenya for medical treatment. Arjun Kohli has more on the story from our