1. Agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam
(Newsletter)

...al, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development - Report of the Special Rapporteur (Philip Alston) on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions." CONTINUE... ...

2. Clinton vows to support Pakistan
(News/Global)

...ring its pilotless drone attacks inside Pakistan. The US does not officially confirm or deny the drones attacks. Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, told a news confe...

3. New UN Report Denounces America's Human Rights Record
(Opinions/Features)

...al, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development - Report of the Special Rapporteur (Philip Alston) on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions." New UN Report...

4. Kenya dismisses police chief
(Archived/News/Arab)

Kenya's police chief, accused of running a force that killed and looted during violence that followed elections in 2007, has been dismissed.

5. Colombian army 'killed civilians'
(Archived/News/Global)

A UN investigator has accused Colombian soldiers of killing hundreds of civilians during the past six years and falsely identifying the dead as guerrilla fighters.

6. Kenya human rights activists killed
(Archived/News/Arab)

Two human rights activists who had accused the Kenyan police of running death squads have been killed in the capital Nairobi.

7. Philippine army denies murder claim
(Archived/News/Global)

The Philippine military has gone on the defensive after a UN investigator said soldiers appeared to be behind many extra-judicial killings.

8. Annan: Uzbekistan rejects inquiry
(Archived/News/Culture)

Uzbek authorities have shrugged off calls for an international investigation into last week's government crackdown on protesters that witnesses say killed hundreds.