JG Vibes, theintelhub.com | A new UN report gives some insight into new techniques that law enforcement is using to spy on suspects and activists.  This information is especially useful for people who want to stay off the radar as ...

Dave Hodges, Activist Post |  Much has been written about the past wars that have been fought over oil (e.g. Gulf War 1), the wars that are presently being fought over oil (e.g. Arab Spring) and the wars which will be fought over oil ...

Geneva – UN investigators will travel to the Gaza Strip and Israel next week to investigate possible human rights abuses in Israel’s recent offensive, a spokesman for the council said Friday. The former chief prosecutor of the international courts for ...

Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The “defamation of religions” resolution, introduced by ...

By Lisa Schlein | U.N. human rights investigators are launching a year-long global investigation into secret places of detention. They note the use of such facilities has increased since the global war on terror was declared after the September 11, ...

By Julie Sell  | LONDON – A U.N. expert is accusing the United States and some of its allies of breaching international law for the so-called extraordinary renditions and subsequent alleged torture of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration’s global war ...

Aid workers allege use of banned white phosphorus as Hamas security leader dies in bombing raid on house By Kim Sengupta in Jerusalem  Israeli tanks thrust deep inside Gaza City last night as ferocious fighting raged in dense residential areas ...

Microchipped passports the Government claim are foolproof can be cloned in minutes, it has been reported.  By Jon Swaine Test results suggest that criminals could copy innocent travellers’ passports and manipulate their data, replacing the photograph or other information with ...

Xinhua | UN human rights expert Philip Alston on Monday called on the United States to take immediate steps to improve its system of military justice and to ensure that the death penalty is applied fairly and justly in states ...

Geneva – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she was shocked Wednesday by the news that several more political activists had been found murdered in Zimbabwe. She condemned the killings as well as the continuing harassment ...

By Stephen Adams – The Telegraph | John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has escaped an attempted citizen’s arrest as he appeared at the Hay Festival. Security guards blocked the path of columnist and activist George Monbiot, who ...

By Rachel Stevenson, Julian Borger, Ian MacKinnon and agencies | The UN today suspended aid flights to Burma after emergency supplies for survivors of cyclone Nargis were impounded by the military government. A spokesman for the UN’s World Food Programme ...

Dawn | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has decried weakening of press freedom world over, saying that governments are becoming more secretive and offering propaganda disguised as objective information — especially when alleged security-related issues are on ...

By Anne Penketh | The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has reacted with fury at the United States’ delay in passing on intelligence, after Washington accused North Korea of helping Syria to build secretly a nuclear reactor. According ...

An Iraqi engineer who provided the information that became one of the key planks in the Bush administration’s case justifying the invasion of Iraq has been tracked down by undercover reporters to a drab residential block in southern Germany. Rafid ...

LONDON (AFP) – Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector, slammed the Iraq war as a “tragedy” and blamed it on leaders ignoring the facts, in a comment piece published Thursday.Writing in The Guardian on the five-year anniversary of ...

Dana Gabriel A global transformation is being manifested through corporations, the media, entertainment, and the educational system. The social engineers and the agents of change wish to purge our children’s beliefs, value system, their independence, and their individuality. They are ...

UN representative expresses “grave concern” over CIA torture, Guantánamo hearings By Naomi Spencer Following a visit earlier this month to the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, a United Nations human rights representative reported ongoing abuse, drumhead judicial proceedings, and ...

SLOBODAN LEKIC With the world facing new security threats, the U.N. is planning for an unprecedented expansion of its police missions. U.N. officials say a shift in the nature of conflicts requires revamped peacekeeping operations. Traditionally, the U.N. has facilitated ...

New secretary general is challenged over ‘secret appointment’ to replace top tribunal prosecutor Ed Vulliamy in The Hague Sunday September 23, 2007 The Observer The new leadership of the United Nations is facing a defiant challenge from within one of ...