A Kuwaiti lawyer announced Tuesday that he has filed a lawsuit against Kuwait's prime minister and other government officials in order to pressure authorities to facilitate the release of two Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay ....
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Kuwait lawyer sues government officials for release of Guantanamo detainees
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UN rights expert urges halt to US executions of mentally disabled individuals
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DC Circuit dismisses challenge to newest EPA restriction on nitrogen dioxide
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to health care contraception provision
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Canada court finds decision to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol legal
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Russia investigators charge ex-officer for Politkovskaya murder
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EU: Romania must respect rule of law, judicial independence
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Syria civilian casualties may amount to war crime: UN official
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Planned Parenthood Arizona sues state officials to block new law restricting funding
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Federal court hears further evidence on denied petitions of Bagram detainees
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UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Tuesday urged the US not to execute two individuals with "psychosocial disabilities" who are set to be put to death in Georgia and Texas. Warren Hill...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday dismissed petitions by the American Petroleum Institute that challenged recently enacted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations restricting the peak amount...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven state attorneys general challenging new health care mandates in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [text;...
The Canadian Federal Court ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government's decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol was legal. Canadian Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced...
Russian investigators on Monday announced that they have formally charged ex-police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Pavlyuchenkov, who was a lieutenant colonel at the time of...
The European Commission (EC) stated on Wednesday that urgent action is necessary to ensure that Romania respects the rule of law and judicial independence. The EC stated that Romania has made progress in the past...
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on Monday urged all parties involved in the Syrian conflict to take measures to avoid killing civilians. She stressed that failure to take precautions to distinguish...
Planned Parenthood Arizona (PPA) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona Monday against Arizona state officials to enjoin enforcement of a new state law that would block funding for...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments Monday on whether US courts could hear foreign nationals' challenges to their detention by the US military at Bagram Air Force Base (Bagram) [official website; JURIST...
