The North Korean government is holding approximately 200,000 dissidents in six prison camps spread throughout the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the South Korean government's National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK)...
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North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: report
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Supreme Court eases corporate restrictions on political campaign spending
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Federal employee sues for same-sex spouse health benefits
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Italy senate approves trial time limit bill that could dismiss Berlusconi charges
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Russia journalist dies after being tortured in prison
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Federal courts effective in prosecuting terror suspects: report
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US government overturns previous order denying entry to 2 Muslim scholars
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Obama orders department heads to review tax status of those seeking federal contracts
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Supreme Court hears arguments on racial composition of jury pools, ERISA
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Vietnam court convicts four pro-democracy advocates of subversion
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The US Supreme Court on Thursday decided 5-4 in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to ease restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations. The Court was asked to...
A federal employee filed suit on Wednesday against the federal government seeking to add her same-sex spouse to her family health insurance plan. Lambda Legal brought the suit in the US District Court for the...
The Italian Senate approved a bill Wednesday that aims to shorten the trial and appeals process by putting strict time limits on its duration. The legislation would limit the three...
A Russian journalist died in a Siberian hospital on Wednesday from injuries he received during a police beating nearly two weeks ago, according to local investigators. Konstantin Popov, an economics writer for a Russian...
Federal courts provide an effective venue for prosecuting terror suspects, securing convictions in 89 percent of cases since 2001, according to a report released Wednesday by New York University's Center on Law and Security...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an order Wednesday authorizing two previously excluded Muslim scholars who strongly criticized US foreign policy to enter the country. During the Bush administration, the US government barred professors Tariq Ramadan...
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the heads of government agencies to conduct a review of the tax delinquency status of all companies that compete for federal contracts. Citing a need to protect taxpayer...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Berghuis v. Smith , the Court heard arguments on whether there is...
A Vietnamese court on Wednesday convicted four democracy activists of subversion. After a one-day trial, prominent human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh was sentenced to five years in prison. Le Thang Long also received...
