The US International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled on Monday for Apple on a patent complaint against HTC for infringing its "data tapping" patents. The USITC found that...
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US trade commission rules narrowly for Apple in HTC patent case
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Hungary court strikes down provisions of media law
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UN rights chief condemns Egypt military crackdown
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China again jails prominent rights lawyer after 20-month disappearance
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Rights groups criticize European countries over silence on CIA rendition program
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FBI reports decrease in violent crime for first half of 2011
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North Korea urged to focus on human rights after Kim Jong-il death
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ICTR upholds decision to transfer case of former pastor to Rwanda court
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ICC rejects prosecution request to block Rwanda rebel leader’s release
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US transfers final detainee to Iraq government
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Hungary's Constitutional Court on Monday struck down certain provisions of the country's recently passed media law as an unconstitutional restraint on press freedom. Rights groups had urged Hungary to amend [JURIST...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the brutal crackdown on protesters by military and security forces in Cairo. Since Friday the brutal suppression of demonstrations has led to...
China's government Friday announced that prominent civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng would be sent to prison for three years for violating his probation. Gao's sentence is the first sign that he is still alive...
Two international human rights organizations on Monday accused European countries of suppressing evidence of their roles in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention. Legal action charity Reprieve, in cooperation...
The FBI announced Monday that violent crime in the US has dropped , continuing a trend lasting for the past four-and-a-half years. The 2011 figures for January through June were compiled by the Bureau's Criminal Justice...
Amnesty International (AI) responded Monday to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il by urging his son and likely successor Kim Jong-un to improve the nation's human rights record. AI...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday rejected an appeal by former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi , upholding a decision to transfer his case to the Republic of Rwanda to be tried in the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the prosecution's request that it suspend its order to release accused Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana . Pre-Trial Chamber I on Friday declined to confirm charges ,...
The US handed over the last detainee in Iraq, Ali Mussa Daqduq, to Iraqi authorities on Friday as part of the end of the Iraq War . Daqduq allegedly has links to Hezbollah and is...
