Two UN human rights experts are calling on the United States not to forcibly return Guantanamo Bay detainees to countries where they face torture. Their statement follows recent US Supreme Court decisions paving the way to transfer two Algerian detainees from the facility, which is located in Cuba. For more on this, UN Radio’s Yvette [...]
Kosovo’s unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the World Court said on Thursday. The ruling is likely to lead to more countries recognising Kosovo’s independence and move Pristina closer to entry into the United Nations. In a non-binding opinion passed 9 to 5, President of the International Court of Justice, [...]
Brasilia – The Federal Election Commission (TSE) fined presidential candidate, Dilma Rousseff, two more times on Tuesday, July 20. She has now been fined six times for a total of R$31,000. The first of the latest fines, for R$5,000, was for using free time on radio and TV that was supposed to be a political [...]
Brasilia – The Federal Election Commission (“Tribunal Superior Eleitoral – TSE”) has ruled that a so-called midget candidate (“nanico”), that is, from a small party with less than 1% of voter intentions in the last poll, does not have to be invited to participate in a debate of presidential candidates that will take place on [...]
Brasilia – In accordance with the strict, rigid and detailed rules of Brazilian elections as established by judges on the Federal Election Commission (“Superior Tribunal Eleitoral – TSE”), yesterday was the deadline for the registration of financial committees for presidential candidates. Eleven committees were registered for nine candidates, because two parties have separate candidates for [...]
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