The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday announced that Bahrain has agreed to permit a UN commission to investigate human rights violations related to pro-democratic...
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Bahrain agrees to UN rights office investigation of protest violations
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Philippines court freezes $23 million assets of massacre suspects
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Federal judge reaffirms ruling striking down ban on corporate donations to candidates
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Khodorkovsky reissues parole request after court refused it for insufficient documentation
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Rights groups urge Kyrgyzstan to improve judicial system
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California submits plan to reduce prison population to meet court order
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Iceland ex-PM pleads not guilty to charges over role in banking collapse
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Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood legal for first time
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UN rights chief condemns open fire by Israel forces, urges investigation
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Rights groups urge ICC probe into Syria protest deaths
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A Philippine court on Tuesday froze USD $23 million worth of assets owned by the Ampatuan family, who are accused of ordering the killing of 57 people. The Philippines Department of Justice (PDOJ) had implicated Andal Ampatuan...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday reaffirmed a ruling he issued two weeks ago striking down a ban on corporate donations to...
Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday reissued an appeal for release on parole that was returned to him due to insufficient documentation. Khodorkovsky has served half of a 13-year...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized Kyrgyzstan's lack of judicial progress, marking the one-year anniversary of the June 2010 ethnic violence that resulted in more...
California Governor Jerry Brown submitted a plan Tuesday to reduce the state's prison population by over 30,000 inmates to satisfy a court order to reduce prison overcrowding ....
Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation's banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis . Haarde vowed...
Egypt officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legal Tuesday for the first time since the powerful political organization's inception nearly 80 years ago. An Egyptian elections commission approved the formation of the...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned the killings of protesters along the border between Golan Heights and Syria. Pillay reported that between 30 and 40 protesters had been killed by...
Syrian and international human rights groups on Monday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the hundreds of civilian deaths during protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad . The ICC prosecutor's office indicated it...
