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UK photographer 'evacuated from Syria to Lebanon'
Feb 28, 2012 08:16 EST
Wounded British photographer Paul Conroy has been smuggled into Lebanon from the Syrian rebel city of Homs, which on Tuesday was shelled by regime forces for a 25th day, his father and activists said.
Supreme Court to hear corporate human rights case
Feb 24, 2012 18:12 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly litigation.
Sri Lanka outrage at UN over war general
Feb 24, 2012 09:38 EST
Sri Lanka on Friday expressed outrage over the barring of one its army generals from a UN peacekeeping committee following allegations that he killed civilians during the island's civil war.
Sri Lanka express anger at UN over war general
Feb 24, 2012 08:15 EST
Sri Lanka on Friday expressed outrage over the barring of one its army generals from a UN peacekeeping committee following allegations that he killed civilians during the island's civil war.
UN ex-chief named Syria envoy as pressure mounts
Feb 24, 2012 05:20 EST
The UN named its former leader Kofi Annan as special envoy for Syria on the eve of an international conference Friday aimed at pressuring the Assad regime to halt the rising spiral of violence.
UN ex-chief named envoy as pressure mounts on Syria
Feb 23, 2012 22:04 EST
The UN named its former leader Kofi Annan as special envoy for Syria on the eve of an international conference Friday aimed at pressuring the Assad regime to halt the rising spiral of violence.
UN given Syria crimes against humanity list
Feb 23, 2012 14:51 EST
Investigators on Thursday gave the UN a list of Syrian officials suspected of crimes against humanity, with the US branding Bashar al-Assad's assault on his own people as "heinous and unforgivable."
UN handed list of Syria crimes against humanity suspects
Feb 23, 2012 13:15 EST
International investigators on Thursday handed the UN a list of Syrian officials suspected of crimes against humanity, as a defiant regime brushed off an outcry over the killing of two journalists.
UN handed list of Syria crimes accused
Feb 23, 2012 11:56 EST
International investigators on Thursday handed the UN a list of Syrian officials suspected of crimes against humanity, as a defiant regime brushed off an outcry over the killing of two journalists.
Human rights probe slams Damascus regime
Feb 23, 2012 10:08 EST
A UN human rights probe found on Thursday that Syria had "manifestly failed" to protect its own people as a defiant regime brushed off an outcry over the killing of two journalists, saying they had entered illegally and at their own risk.
Syrian forces committing crimes on orders from top: U.N.
Feb 23, 2012 08:26 EST
GENEVA (Reuters) - A confidential list of top Syrian officials suspected of ordering crimes against humanity including murder, abductions and torture has been given to the United Nations for possible future prosecution, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
UN committee bars Sri Lankan general linked to atrocities
Feb 22, 2012 23:48 EST
A top UN peacekeeping committee barred a Sri Lankan general accused of carrying out a military onslaught against civilians from taking part in its work.
UN committee bars Sri Lankan general linked to atrocities
Feb 22, 2012 15:41 EST
A top UN peacekeeping committee on Wednesday barred a Sri Lankan general accused of carrying out a military onslaught against civilians.
Iraq's 2012 executions top 2011's number
Feb 21, 2012 13:13 EST
Iraq executed four people this week, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said on Tuesday.
UN chief urges world to speak with one voice on Syria
Feb 16, 2012 12:29 EST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for all sides to end the deadly violence in Syria and urged the international community to find a common response to the 11-month-old crisis.
UN chief Ban urges all sides to end Syrian violence
Feb 16, 2012 10:03 EST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for an end to the violence in Syria, both from the government and the opposition, while urging the international community to find a common response to the unrest.
Bosnian war film should be a wake-up call, says Jolie
Feb 14, 2012 15:23 EST
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said Tuesday that her film about the Bosnian war should be a "wake-up call" for the world to act in time to prevent atrocities like those now happening in Syria.
Syria rejects UN charges as Homs battered
Feb 14, 2012 11:37 EST
Syria flatly rejected UN charges of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, even as monitors said troops killed at least six civilians in the heaviest shelling of the protest city of Homs for days.
Syria's Homs battered as civilian plight worsens
Feb 14, 2012 05:14 EST
Syrian troops battered Homs on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling for days in the flashpoint city, a monitoring group said, as the international community warned of a humanitarian disaster.
Syria's Homs in heaviest shelling for days: monitor
Feb 14, 2012 03:45 EST
Syrian troops battered Homs on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling of the central flashpoint city for days, a monitoring group said.
