The National Commission on Terrorism, a panel of experts from the private sector and retired public officials of the United States’ Federal Government, on Monday released its findings and recommendations for combating terrorism within the country.
Despite recent Russian government assurances that all crimes against civilians will be investigated, Amnesty International continues to collect evidence of daily abuses in Chechnya and the perpetrators remain unpunished. Amnesty International reported Russian atrocities, torture and rape continue in Chechnya.
Iran Insists Iranian "Defector" Is Banned Opposition Member
Iran's intelligence ministry insisted Thursday that an Iranian who has implicated Tehran in the Lockerbie airliner bombing is a member of the armed opposition group the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) or People's Mujahedeen.
Israeli Forces In South Lebanon Must be investigated
Amnesty International U.S. is calling for an investigation into incidents in which Lebanese civilians were killed in south Lebanon during the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and the collapse of the South Lebanon Army (SLA), Israel's proxy militia, from the region.
