Following the decision taken by the High Court not to extradite four Rwandan men suspected of genocide and other crimes under international law, human rights activists have called for a third-party location for a trial.

A South African Methodist bishop who shelters Zimbabwean refugees from Mugabe's brutal regime and has been a long-standing advocate of social justice now gets death threats

The human rights situation in West Papua continues to deteriorate seriously in the run-up to Indonesia’s general election, says the Australian-based Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights.

The National Council of Churches USA has urged the United States Congress to require assurances that the Philippines is living up to human rights standards before shoring it up with military aid.

Human rights violations in the Philippines have been addressed in US Episcopal Church testimony to the House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations and Sub-Committee on State Foreign Operations.

Faith communities don't need special privileges, says Vaughan Jones. They need to be free to be the communities they are and to ensure that all members are treated as full human beings with full rights.

Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia has released its compilation International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations witnessed by or reported to the Colombia team in the calendar year of 2008.

There are many people in Britain's faith communities who have not yet grasped the importance of taking action now on threats to civil liberties, says Savi Hensman. She would like to see that change.

The Convention on Modern Liberty, which is bringing together people from all parties and belief persuasions across Britain, has published a new report highlighting a massive governmental assault on civil rights.