HUMAN RIGHTS

Rios Montt, Guatemala's brief military dictator from 1982 to 1983 is set to go to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Mozilla proudly announced this morning it had been named the "Most Trusted Internet Company For Privacy" in 2012, according to an annual independent study on data protection and privacy.

British national Lindsay Sandiford received the death penalty after being convicted of drug trafficking by an Indonesian court.

Women in Guatemala continue to be victimized within a culture of violence and impunity stemming from the country's 36-year long civil war.

Slavery still exists in Mali, and the current insurgency crisis has put the problem on hold.

A lot of priceless archaeological artifacts from Turkey are in Western museums. Now the Turks want them back, and they're ready for some unusual tactics to get them.

Greek efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration have resulted in a disturbing trend: tourists are sometimes targeted by officials.

A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh is mulling a ban on women straddling on motorbikes or bicycles.

Apple, which reported record annual income, paid its top officers extremely well in 2012, with stock awards calculated to pay them even better.

Pakistan’s armed forces and the Taliban are committing human rights abuses against civilians in the country’s northwestern tribal areas.

The murder of a 10-year-old boy in Taiwan sparks calls for the death penalty, as human rights groups urge the government to abolish capital punishment.

A human rights court has ruled that a civilian massacre committed by El Salvador’s military must be investigated.

Congress has passed a bill that would ease U.S.-Russia trade, but the Magnitsky Act brings human rights into the equation.

A report published Thursday by two rights groups accused the members of India’s armed forces, including several high-ranking officials, of human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that e-readers like Amazon's Kindle track much more data than users realize.

A country can’t maximize its socio-economic performance when half of its people can’t participate fully in its socio-economic life.

The EU named Iranian lawyer Narsin Sotoudeh and Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as winners of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Compete, the Boston-based web analytics company, is the latest Internet company to settle abuse of privacy charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

In Verizon’s new privacy policy, the phone and Internet giant added a clause that allows the wireless company to share more of a customer’s data with advertisers.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) appointed Christina Peters, a lawyer, as its second chief privacy officer.

Iran has threatened to enrich uranium up to 60 percent if current talks with several Western heavyweights fail.