ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of the person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.

Security authorities in Abu Jubeiha, South Kordofan, reportedly arrested hospital clerical worker Ahmed Hassan Shamboul yesterday without providing any reason for the detention. The arrest has sparked ...

Stanis Bujakera is being subjected to a trial with no evidence to support the charge that he fabricated an intelligence agency memo. This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 18 December ...

Arbitrary detention is prohibited in international human rights law – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) provides that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention ...

The arbitrary arrest or detention of foreign nationals to compel action or to exercise leverage over a foreign government is contrary to international law, undermines international relations, and ...

The House of Representatives has called on the police and other security agencies to take caution and desist from arbitrary arrest and detention of journalists in the country.It urged them to ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Messrs. Bashir Suleymanli and Mammad Alpay, two prominent human rights defenders. Mr Suleymanli heads the Institute for ...

・ Arbitrary detention occurs when an individual is arrested and detained by a government without due process and without the legal protections of a fair trial, or when an individual is detained ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders condemned the Ugandan government Wednesday for the arrest, torture and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza.. Kiiza was ...

Venezuela using arbitrary detention as ‘tool of repression’: Amnesty. Rights group accuses Nicolas Maduro’s government of detaining people for political reasons, urges immediate release.