North Korea denounced U.S. President Barack Obama with a crude personal attack Saturday as it blamed the United States for intermittent Internet outages that have isolated Pyongyang during the past week. A statement issued with apparent top-level North Korean approval contended Obama was responsible for Sony Pictures’ decision to release the film The Interview, which […]
North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called “brutal” and “medieval” abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam said rights accusations against the North are “fabricated” and “not at all relevant” to […]
Human rights activists are calling for the prosecution of officials involved in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s use of extreme interrogation methods on suspected terrorists. Ben Emmerson, the United Nations special envoy on human rights and counter-terrorism, said a U.S. Senate report on the CIA’s actions after the September 11, 2001 attacks “reinforces the need […]
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for the killings of protesters at their headquarters last year. At least 12 people were killed and more than 90 wounded when a mob stormed the building in Cairo during the anti-government uprising. Egypt’s top religious official must uphold Sunday’s court […]