The Ivory Coast justice ministry announced Tuesday that two allies of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged with genocide relating to the months of post-election violence that...
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Ivory Coast charges two more ex-president allies with genocide
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Malaysia PM plans to repeal sedition act
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Case against Hariri assassins to proceed in absentia: Lebanon tribunal
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HRW report: Migrants in Greece face violence, discrimination
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US House members file court brief arguing DOMA unconstitutional
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UN urged to extend mission to Syria
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Journalist rights group concerned about press freedom in Maldives
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Bin Laden associate released from Guantanamo prison
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Pakistan lawmakers approve bill to shield PM from contempt proceedings
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Rights groups urge Sudan government to end abuse of protesters
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday announced plans to replace the 1948 Sedition Act with the new National Harmony Act. The prime minister stated that the new act will ensure the protection...
The Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Wednesday upheld the decision to try four accused assassins of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in absentia. The...
Migrants residing in Greece face a rising culture of discrimination and violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday. The report, entitled "Hate on the Streets: Xenophobic Violence in Greece,"...
Members of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
Amnesty International (AI) and three other rights groups on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to renew the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) , which is scheduled to end on July 20. In...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday said that press freedom in the Maldives has been deteriorating since the resignation of former president Mohamed Nasheed. Nasheed, who was the first democratically elected presdient of...
A confirmed al Qaeda member and Osama bin Laden associate was released from Guantanamo Bay and returned to his native Sudan on Wednesday after more than a decade of detention. Ibrahim...
The National Assembly of Pakistan on Monday approved a bill that would shield senior officials from contempt of court proceedings. The move by the lower house of the country's parliament is seen as an attempt to exempt...
Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) came together on Wednesday to urge the Sudanese government to end the detention and abuse of protesters in Sudan. In a press release, the two groups estimated...
