NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel says he believes the gunmen who kidnapped him and his crew in Syria were a Shiite militia group loyal to the Syrian government. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(AP) - Parents of disappeared Kashmiri youth participate in a silent protest to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. The 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being marked across ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Members of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) hold a banner during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day, in Srinagar December 10, 2011. Many demonstrations, in addition to this one, were held in Sri... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Demonstrators gesture as they watch a video that appeared on the Internet on Tuesday showing men dressed as police and army officers torturing two men in what looks like a police station’s interrogation room during a sit-in at Tahrir Squa... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A man, believed to have strapped what appeared to be a bomb to himself, gestures after smashing a window next to the Parramatta court building near Sydney September 6, 2011.The man was holding a young girl, believed to be his daughter, Au... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Relatives of people who disappeared while on their way to the U.S. through Mexico, cry during an event in Central Park in Guatemala City July 24, 2011. The "Caravana Paso a Paso Hacia la Paz" (Caravan Step by Step to Peace), com... [Full Article]
(AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a British court on Tuesday to begin the latest stage of his bitter legal battle against extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape.(AFP/Leon Neal)... [Full Article]
(AFP) - Giant reproductions of the lamp and the ball that appeared in the animated short "Luxo Jr" in front of the entrance of the main building of Pixar's headquarters in Emeryville, California. Pixar, a pioneer of computer animation t... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A relative of a disappeared man takes part in a peaceful protest led by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia in in Torreon June 8, 2011. Hundreds of Mexicans began a week-long procession through Mexico on Saturday to protest the country's bloo... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Uruguayans display pictures of relatives who "disappeared" during the military regime (1973-1985), at an annual demonstration in Montevideo May 20, 2011. Thousands of Uruguayans marched along 18 de Julio, the main avenue of the ... [Full Article]