The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib can sue the Australian government for complicity in his ill-treatment while incarcerated in Pakistan, Egypt,...
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Australia court rules former Guantanamo detainee can sue government
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Setako genocide conviction [ICTR]
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Turkish court releases former top military officers detained over coup plot
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UK chief prosecutor publishes new policy on assisted suicide
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UN rights chief backs Gaza conflict report
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Maryland should recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages: state AG
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Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in Canada: report
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Federal judge upholds continued detention of 2 Yemeni Guantanamo detainees
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Rwanda tribunal sentences ex-army officer to 25 years for genocide
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South Korea high court rules death penalty constitutional
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The Prosecutor v. Ephrem Setako judgment summary, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, February 25, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's...
A Turkish court on Thursday released three high ranking military officials detained for questioning over an alleged coup plot, hours after top political and military officials met to discuss the escalating situation. The court released former chief...
UK Director of Public Prosecutions (DDP), Keir Starmer , published a new policy on Thursday for prosecutors in regards to cases of assisted suicide . While the new policy does not legalize assisted...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay publicly supported the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission of the Gaza Conflict on Wednesday, calling its conclusions sound. The report, originally...
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler said Wednesday that the state of Maryland and its agencies should recognize same-sex marriages performed lawfully in other states. Gansler's opinion, issued in response to a legislator's...
Incidents of anti-Semitism in Canada have risen 11.4 percent since 2008, according to a Wednesday report by B'nai Brith Canada . The group found that there were 1,264 incidents of anti-Semitic harassment, violence,...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the government can continue to hold indefinitely two Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees, even though the men had been cleared...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted ex-army officer Ephrem Setako on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder and sentenced him to...
The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled Thursday that the death penalty does not violate the South Korean constitution . The court's 5-4 decision could lead to a reinstatement of the death...
