The International Criminal Court upheld the convictions and a prison sentence of a former Congolese warlord Tuesday, dismissing his lawyers’ arguments that legal errors tainted his original trial. Bosco Ntaganda was sentenced to 30 years in prison aft…
Human Rights
UN Court Opens Maritime Dispute Hearing Without Kenya
PARIS – Kenya has refused to attend a weeklong hearing by the United Nations’ highest court over a long-running maritime dispute with Somalia.In a letter last week to The Hague-based International Court of Justice, or ICJ, the Kenyan government cited a…
Rwanda Paid for Flight That Brought Hotel Rwanda ‘Hero’ to Kigali
Rwandan Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said in an interview broadcast Friday that Kigali had paid for the plane that brought the hero of the hit movie Hotel Rwanda to his home country to be arrested and tried.A critic of Rwandan President Paul Kaga…
UN Rights Office Alarmed at Uptick in Violence Ahead of Central African Republic Elections
GENEVA – The United Nations human rights office warns the increase in violence ahead of Sunday’s elections in the Central African Republic presents serious
Activists Demand Police Release Prominent Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Ugandan rights activists are calling on authorities to release human rights lawyer Nicholas Opio, who was arrested Tuesday on allegations of
Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Safety of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia
Humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm on the safety of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as reports of attacks and forced deportations emerge.