Muslim Cleric Abu Qatada lodged and appeal of his deportation from the UK with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday. He cannot be deported to Jordan until his appeal is answered. The...
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Muslim cleric Abu Qatada launches appeal with ECHR to stay deportation
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Ninth Circuit upholds Arizona voter ID law, strikes down proof of citizenship requirement
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Advocacy groups file information request on missile attack that killed Yemen civilians
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Supreme Court hears arguments on application of Fair Sentencing Act
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Supreme Court rules individuals doing government work entitled to qualified immunity
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Supreme Court rules on drug patents
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Netherlands Supreme Court affirms terror suspect’s extradition to US
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Nigeria ex-governor sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud
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Bahrain government has failed to address human rights violations: AI
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Europe rights court rules on Russia Katyn massacre investigation
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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a portion of an Arizona voter registration law requiring voters to show identification at the polls, while striking down a provision that further...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a request for information to the US Department of Defense on Tuesday under the under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Dorsey v. United States on whether minimum sentencing mandates in the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) should be applied to crimes...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Filarsky v. Delia that a private individual temporarily retained by the government to carry out its work is entitled to seek qualified immunity [Cornell LII...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd v. Novo Nordisk A/S that a generic drug manufacturer may employ the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act to...
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Tuesday approved the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani man suspected of preparing terrorist attacks on an American military base in Afghanistan in 2010. The suspect, known under Dutch...
James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State in Nigeria, was convicted in a UK court on Tuesday on 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Ibori,...
Human rights violations continue in Bahrain despite reforms, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. After the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) released a report in November concerning...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concluded Tuesday that the 1940 Katyn Massacre of 21,000 Poles by the Soviets was a "war crime" but acknowledged that they cannot force Russia to investigate...
