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Are US, Other Allies Ignoring Saudi Arabia's Political Prisoners?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe U.S. and European Union are ignoring the fact that Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 160 political dissidents in just two months, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report today. More than 160 "peaceful" dissidents have been arrested in the oil-rich kingdom since February, as the so-called "Arab Spring" of revolt spread throughout the Middle East. Most of the arrests were in Eastern Province, where the Shiite minority has been holding protests calling for political reforms and the release of prisoners. "Allies of Saudi Arabia have not publicly protested these serious and systematic ...
Libya's Gadhafi Vows to Fight to 'Last Drop of Blood'
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his "last drop of blood" and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime Tuesday, signaling an escalation of the crackdown that has thrown the capital into scenes of mayhem, wild shooting and bodies in the streets. The speech by the Libyan leader - who shouted and pounded his fists on the podium - was an all-out call for his backers to impose control over the capital and take back other cities. After a week of upheaval, protesters backed by defecting army units have claimed control over ...
Opinion: The US Isn't Powerless In Libya
By Barbara Slavin - AOL NewsMoammar Gadhafi refuses to go down without a fight -- killing hundreds of civilians through indiscriminate firing from airplanes and helicopter gunships and by foreign mercenaries. In a vintage, rambling harangue on state television, Gadhafi today inveighed against the opposition as "greasy rats and cats" and sought to rekindle the anti-Americanism of the 1980s when U.S., not Libyan, warplanes struck Libya. "I am a revolutionary," the 68-year-old yelled, gesturing with his fists. "I will not leave the country and I will die as a martyr in the end." Libyan TV / AFP / Getty ...
EU Ministers Call for End to Libya Bloodshed
By not in system - AOL NewsBRUSSELS -- The European Union on Sunday denounced strongly the Libyan governments' bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and urged an end to the violence in which over 170 people are reported to have died. "We condemn the repression against peaceful demonstrators and deplore the violence and the death of civilians," said a statement issued after a meeting of European foreign ministers. "The EU urges the authorities to exercise restraint and calm and to immediately refrain from further use of violence against peaceful demonstrators," the ministers said, adding that "the ...
Israeli Trader Banned Over 'Blood Diamond' Link
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsAn Israeli gem trader has been thrown out of the Israel Diamond Exchange on suspicion of smuggling illegal "blood diamonds" into the country. David Vardi -- a 20-year member of the trade group -- was arrested last week in connection with $140,000 worth of rough Zimbabwean diamonds seized at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. The precious stones were discovered Dec. 22 when customs officials stopped and searched Israeli citizen Gilad Halachmi, who was allegedly attempting to pass through the "nothing to declare" lane at the airport, Rapaport News reported. The rough diamonds were found stashed in ...
Critics Fault Former Colombian President Uribe
By Karen Keller - AOL News
(Nov. 2) -- As Washington channeled billions of dollars to Colombia over the last decade to fight the war on drugs, American officials consistently portrayed President Alvaro Uribe as a crime-fighting hero who greatly improved security in Colombia and salvaged a country ravaged by six decades of bloody internal war. Alan Diaz, AP Critics say former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is responsible for countless human rights abuses. But since Uribe, 58, left office in August after a tenure that began in 2002, his critics are portraying the bespectacled ally of former President George W. Bush ...
Muslim Sect Wages War on Nigerian Government
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- A radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria has intensified its anti-government campaign, shooting dead a policeman in the city of Maiduguri -- at least the 13th lawman to be murdered by the group in the past three months, according to local authorities. Motorcycle-riding gunmen from the Boko Haram movement reportedly killed Inspector Kashim Bukar on Tuesday night as he walked home on the outskirts of the city in northeastern Nigeria, police spokesman Abdullahi Lawan told Agence France-Presse. This is the latest in a string of audacious attacks launched by the resurgent ...
Soros to Donate $100 Million to Human Rights Watch
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- George Soros, billionaire investor and philanthropist, is donating $100 million to Human Rights Watch in his largest ever gift. Soros will announce the gift later today, The New York Times reported. It will be by far the largest gift that Human Rights Watch has ever received. ...
Report: Philip Morris Accused of Child Labor Violations
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 14) -- Philip Morris has agreed to sweeping changes after a report released today accuses the tobacco giant of manufacturing cigarettes with tobacco harvested on Central Asian farms where child workers as young as 10 endure unsanitary conditions, excessively long work hours and forced labor without pay. The group Human Rights Watch issued a report today on its website called "Hellish Work: Exploitation of Migrant Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan," which includes interviews with 68 tobacco farm employees in Kazakhstan, most of whom are migrant laborers from other Central Asian countries. It ...
Alleged Adulteress Escapes Stoning Death in Iran
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 9) -- An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will escape that punishment, Iranian state media reported today, after an international campaign drew Hollywood stars and global leaders decrying what one U.S. senator called a "barbaric" punishment. But it's unclear whether 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will avoid the death penalty altogether, or be killed by another method Iranian executioners use, like hanging or beheading. She's already endured a flogging for having an "illicit relationship" outside marriage, even though Ashtiani was a widow at the time of ...
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