International Commission of Jurists

An order by Thailand's junta giving sweeping police powers to soldiers is part of the "steady erosion of human rights protections," campaigners said April 5, calling for the law to be rescinded.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Aug. 5 approved controversial new military courts set up to hear terror cases, rejecting an attempt to have them ruled illegal.

Lawmakers approved a change to the constitution in January to establish the military courts, as part of a crackdown on militancy following a Taliban massacre at a school which left more than 150 people - mostly children - dead.