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| Jun. 24 |
 Washington |
 US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result| State department: The US will not recognise the outcome of Friday's presidential election run-off | |
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| Jun. 23 |
 UN Security Council |
 UN: Free Zimbabwe poll impossible  | The Security Council has unanimously condemned the violence and intimidation against Zimbabwe's opposition party | | |
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| Jun. 17 |
 U.S. Congress |
 Interrogation debate detailed US military lawyers have been detailing the development of harsh techniques used at Guantanamo Bay and other detention centres
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| May.21 |
USA |
U.S. handling of child detainees under fire Human Rights Watch is saying 'some children have been detained for more than a year without charge or trial'
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| May.1 |
Washington |
U.S. broadens Myanmar sanctions
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| Apr.8 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
 Protests ahead of torch relay  Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters have marched in San Francisco, as the Olympic torch arrived for the US leg of its relay
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| Mar.21 |
U.S. Congress |
House speaker blasts China over Tibet Nancy Pelosi criticized China for its crackdown on anti-government protesters and called on 'freedom-loving people' worldwide to denounce Ch...
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'Eighty killed' in unrest
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| Mar.8 |
Washington |
  Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding President vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists
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| Feb.28 |
UN |
Cuba signs human rights pledges
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Washington |
Bush urges wiretap immunity law
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Thaksin taken into police custody
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| Feb.19 |
Washington |
US urges reform as Castro quits
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| Feb.5 |
CIA |
CIA admits waterboarding inmates The CIA has for the first time publicly admitted using the controversial method on terror suspects
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| Jan.17 |
UN Security Council |
UN raps Burma's 'slow progress'
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| Jan.13 |
USA |
 Democrats clash over civil rights Hillary and Obama have clashed over remarks by Clinton on civil rights that she says were distorted by the Obama camp
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| Jan.12 |
Washington |
Water-boarding 'would be torture' US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell has said that interrogation technique 'would be torture' if he was subjected to it
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| Dec.22 |
FBI |
FBI planned mass arrests in 1950
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Musharraf lifts emergency rule
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| Dec.11 |
U.S. Congress |
CIA boss faces tape interrogation
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| Dec.10 |
CIA |
CIA man defends 'water-boarding' Retired agent John Kiriakou has said a al-Qaeda suspect was interrogated using a simulated drowning technique but that he believes it was ju...
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| Dec.6 |
CIA |
CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes | The CIA has confirmed that it destroyed at least 2 video tapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects | | |
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| Dec.5 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Judges mull Guantanamo rights The Bush administration argued in the Court that foreign terrorism suspects have sufficient opportunities to challenge their confinement
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
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| Nov.27 |
UN Security Council |
Sudan 'blocking' Darfur mission
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| Nov.5 |
Washington |
US warns Pakistan over emergency Bush has called on his Pakistani counterpart to end Pakistan's state of emergency and to restore democracy
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| Jul.20 |
Washington |
Bush signs order banning 'torture' An executive order is prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs
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| May.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress backs Iraq funding bill| Both houses have passed a bill allocating $100bn, a compromise measure between Republicans and Democrats without any timetable for a withdrawal | |
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| May.11 |
UN |
Zimbabwe to chair major UN body Zimbabwe has been elected to head the commission on Sustainable Economic Development despite strong objections from West
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Opposition tortured by police
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| Sep.6 |
Washington |
 Bush admits to CIA secret prisons| President said 14 key terrorist suspects have now been sent to Guantanamo Bay | |
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| Aug.3 |
Washington |
  Bush calls for democracy in Cuba President has pledged support for Cubans who sought to build a transitional government
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' The US Supreme Court: the administration does not have the authority to try suspects by military tribunal
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| Mar.15 |
UN |
New human rights body created The General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to create 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, despite US criticism
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| Feb.16 |
UN |
U.N. report: Close Guantanamo UN: The U.S. government should release all suspected terrorists it's holding at Guantanamo or try them
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| Feb.1 |
U.S. Congress |
Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'
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Nour jailed for 5 years
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| Dec.16 |
Washington |
Secret U.S. spy powers sparks anger President Bush defended his actions and won't confirm report NSA spied on Americans
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| Oct.5 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate backs detainee rights
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| May.12 |
Washington |
New abuse photos are 'even worse'
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| Nov.6 |
Washington |
Bush demands Mid-East democracy
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Militia attack Tehran protesters
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