Full Coverage: South West Asia

26.06.2008 Strong criticism of the treatment of child offenders in Afghanistan is made in a new report by the country's Human Rights Commission that presses for reform of the juvenile justice system.

17.06.2008 Take a Taxi to the Dark Side. It’s a grim documentary, and you may think you know already that you oppose the use of torture on prisoners on the “war on terror” and that there’s therefore no need to see a film about it. But the more light shone on the political double-talk that led us into this moral dead-end, the better.

12.06.2008 Afghanistan needs more aid but it must be spent more effectively, a leading international NGO said today ahead of a donors' meeting in Paris.