UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday strongly criticized proposed legislation in Uganda which would implement harsh punishments for homosexual behavior, including the death penalty in...
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UN rights chief criticizes proposed Uganda legislation against homosexuality
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Supreme Court to consider release of names on same-sex marriage petition
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Italy court again postpones Berlusconi corruption trial
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China activists demand search for missing detained rights advocate
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US considering DC trial for Guantanamo detainee accused of Bali bombing: report
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Russia lower house ratifies Europe rights court reform protocol
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Holder calls financial fraud a top DOJ priority
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Honduras court charges military officials with abuse of power for Zelaya ouster
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DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
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Canada high court declines to hear anti-abortion activist’s tax appeal
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The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in five cases. In Doe v. Reed , the Court will consider whether the First Amendment allows a state to...
The corruption trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resumed Friday but was immediately postponed to February 27. Judges for the tenth section of the Milan Tribunal postponed the...
Chinese lawyers and US-based rights group ChinaAid on Friday called on Beijing police to conduct a search for missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng . Police reported Thursday that Gao, who has been...
The Obama administration is considering bringing charges in a Washington, DC, federal court against Guantanamo Bay detainee Riduan Isamuddin , the suspected planner of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing , the Associated Press reported...
The Russian State Duma on Thursday passed a resolution to ratify Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights , making the Russian Federation the last Council of Europe (COE) [official...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) that combating financial fraud is a priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ) . When asked whether the reallocation...
A Honduran Supreme Court judge on Thursday charged top military personnel with abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya from the country after he was ousted from power...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and an attempted attack...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear an appeal brought by an anti-abortion advocate who refused to pay taxes on the basis that the money could be used to fund abortion [JURIST news...
