A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands to block the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay or else pay a fine of USD $12,750 per day. Rechtbank-Gravenhage [official website,...
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Seventh Circuit rules videotaping public police work is not eavesdropping
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ECHR denies Muslim cleric Abu Qatada’s appeal to stay deportation
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Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers fourth case to national courts
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Armenia opposition group alleges election fraud
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North Carolina voters approve amendment banning same-sex marriage
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China court agrees to hear dissident artist’s case
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South Africa court orders probe into Zimbabwe rights violations
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UN official: more needs to be done to protect indigenous rights
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Rwanda genocide tribunal reduces sentence, affirms two others
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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that the public videotaping of police at work does not constitute a crime under the Illinois eavesdropping statute. The suit was brought by the...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday declined to hear an appeal by Muslim cleric Abu Qatada against his deportation from the UK to Jordan for terrorism charges. This appeal was...
The Referral Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday transferred the case of Ladislas Ntaganzwa to the Rwandan national court system. Ntaganzwa, a former mayor of Nyakizu...
Armenian opposition group the Armenian National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday alleged fraud in the country's recent parliamentary elections. The ANC called for the election results to be thrown out because of widespread fraud, including paying...
Voters in North Carolina on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage . The amendment reads that "marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be...
A Chinese court agreed on Monday to hear the case brought by dissident artist Ai Weiwei . Ai challenged the government's imposition of 15 million yuan (USD $2.4 million) tax evasion penalty on Fake Cultural Development Ltd. which...
A South African court on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations of human rights violations committed under Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The allegations include torture and other crimes committed in Zimbabwe prior to the...
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said Monday that five years after the passage of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , the international community needs to do more to ensure that the...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday reduced the sentence of Aloys Ntabakuze , a former Rwandan army officer convicted of genocide and related crimes, and affirmed the sentences of...
