A short biography and background note on Aung San Suu Kyi. Updated 20 February 2012 to note Suu Kyi's announcement that she will stand for parliament in by-elections scheduled for April.
A short biography and background note on Pol Pot. Updated 23 December 2011 to include new information on the trial of Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary.
A short biography and background note on Kim Il Sung. Includes information on Kim Jong Il. Updated 19 December 2011 to note the death of Kim Jong Il on Saturday, 17 December 2011.
Short biography and background note on Radovan Karadzic. Updated 8 December 2011 with minor edit about the soccer team for which Karadzic worked as a psychiatrist.
A short biography and background note on Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Updated 29 October 2011 to include information about former president Oscar Mejia being charged with ordering massacres of indigenous Guatemalan's while he served as Ríos Montt's military chief in 1982-83.
A short biography and background note on Efraín Ríos Montt. Updated 29 October 2011 to include information about former president Oscar Mejia being charged with ordering massacres of indigenous Guatemalan's while he served as Ríos Montt's military chief in 1982-83.
Short biographies and background notes on François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier. Reviewed and updated 29 September 2011 to include information from the Amnesty International Report 'You cannot kill the truth': The case against Jean-Claude Duvalier.
A short biography and background note on Tojo Hideki. Updated 25 September 2011 to note the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August 1945 and include link to article in the Boston Globe.
A short biography and background note on Georgy Zhukov. Updated 25 September 2011 to note the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August 1945.
A short biography and background note on John Rabe. Updated on 25 September 2011 to note the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August 1945.
A short biography and background note on Simon Wiesenthal. Updated 15 September 2011 to replace image with image from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org).
A short biography and background note on Lech Walesa. Updated 15 September 2011 to replace image with image from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org).
