Full Coverage: Justice and crime

31.07.2007 MAPUTO, July 30 (IPS) - Over 1,000 Mozambicans, including children, are trafficked to South Africa every year where they are forced into prostitution or to provide free or cheap labour. In response, Mozambique's government last week approved a new law which will make human trafficking a crime punishable with long prison sentences.

30.07.2007 Analysis of phone records by the Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), an NGO in the western state of India, Gujarat, indicates that top police officials who were responsible for controlling the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, in 2002, were not at the spot when two worst attacks against the Muslim community took place.

27.07.2007 Pengacara Newmont, Luhut Pangaribuan, memerah mukanya. Hal ini terjadi saat saksi fakta warga Buyat mengenalinya sebagai pembela Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) sebelum berbalik membela korporasi raksasa asal Amerika Serikat, Newmont.

24.07.2007 Access to the Red Mosque in Pakistan was denied to US news channel CNN and its journalists were not invited for a press conference addressed by the Pakistani Prime Minister. The decision was taken by the government in aftermath of the battle in the Mosque.

24.07.2007 The United Nations and the Maoists have agreed on the resumption of the second phase of registration and verification of Maoist army personnel – to ensure that no minors are
serving – as soon as possible.

24.07.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 23 (OneWorld) - Human rights organizations are reacting coldly to President George W. Bush's executive order forbidding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from torturing, humiliating, or abusing detainees in its once-secret interrogation program.

20.07.2007 A book titled Paribarik Hinsha Protirodh Aain 2005 (Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005) written by eminent writers will be released by Justice Shyamal Sen on 23 July, 2007 in Kolkata. The book release will be followed by a seminar Paribarik Hinsha Protirodh Aain, 2005 Ebong Amader Kartabya'.

16.07.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (OneWorld) - Despite the return of democratic rule a little over one year ago, there has been no let up in cases of police abuse in Nepal, according to human rights defenders involved in a countrywide campaign against torture.

13.07.2007 Women are branded as witches in villages across India, often in a move to gain access to property, land or seek revenge. The desert state of Rajasthan is considering an Anti Witchcraft Bill after a recent spurt of cases where women were subjected to violence.