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Rights activists say Kenyan authorities, whom they believe are holding a controversial Muslim cleric, plan to send him to an unknown country in what they say amounts to "rendition".

Kenyan officials had earlier said the cleric, Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal, had already been expelled but activists believe he continues to be held at Nairobi’s international airport becasue several other countries have refused to grant him a transit visa.

An immigration ministry spokesperson said a deportation order had been signed but refused to name the destination.

El-Faisal, who in the 1990s preached at the same London mosque attenedd by Richard Reid – the convicted "shoe bomber" who failed to blow up a jet liner in 2001 – was previuosly jailed in Britain for inciting murder and racial hatred.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmosn reports from Nairobi.

It has been 20 years since the United Naitons adopted a treaty aimed at protecting the rights of cihldren around the world.

The Convention for the Rights of the Children has been ratified by every country except Somalia which has not had a functioning government for most of the last two decades and the US.

Barack Obama, the US president, has said he wants to change that, but he faces opposition from congress.

Critics say the convention places the rights of children above their parents and is anti-family. Others cite sovereignty issues.

But rights groups dismiss those criticisms as unfounded.

Al Jazeera’s Cath Turner reports from the United Nations in New York City.

Al Jazeera has obtained footage that gives a shocking insight into the violence inside Russian prisons.

The video shows inmates being abused by masked guards, with some detainees beaten until close to unconsciousness.

It has been eight months since Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev, called for a review of the Russian Prison system.

But as Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker found out, there is no let-up in claims of abuse.

The UN’s top torture investigator has called for atcion against Zimbabwe after he was detained on his arrival at Harare airport and then deported.

Manfred Nowak had been invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, to investigate reports of rising violence and intimidation.

As Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Harare, many Zimbabweans are worried that human rights violations and arbitrary arrests will continue.

Since being awarded the 2010 chairmansihp of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe better known as the OSCE – Kazakhstan has pledged to undertake meaningful political reforms.

But with questions over the way the country is run and a poor human rights record, many observers are asking is the first ex-svoiet state to chair Europe’s leading human rights and elections watchdog up to the task.

Robin Forestier Walker reports from Almaty the capital of Kazakhstan.