
Franklin Nieves, the prosecutor responsible for securing a conviction and 13-year prison sentence for Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, has defected to the United States and confessed that the evidence he brought to the trial was “100% false.”
by Frances Martel28 Oct 2015, 7:30 PM PST0

Jason Rezaian’s employers at the Washington Post have turned to the United Nations for help in freeing him from Iranian prison, following a nuclear deal in which the White House failed to even bring up U.S. citizens currently jailed in the Islamic Republic.
by John Hayward24 Jul 2015, 5:14 PM PST0

Canadian academic William Schabas has resigned from his position as the head of the United Nations’ inquiry into war-crimes allegations in last summer’s Gaza war, which pitted Hamas against the Israeli Defense Force.
by John Hayward3 Feb 2015, 4:38 PM PST0