The UK High Court ruled Thursday that the details of the detention of Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in 2002 must be released. This most recent decision is the latest in a series of back...
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UK court orders release of details of ex-Guantanamo detainee’s treatment
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Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds death sentence for coup officers
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Europe court rules delayed airline passengers entitled to compensation
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Afghanistan president vows to fight corruption in inaugural address
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Brazil top court rules for extradition of Italy fugitive
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Federal judge finds Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina damage
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Senior Canada diplomat accuses military of complicity in torture of Afghans
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Ninth Circuit orders back pay for federal employee denied same-sex spouse benefits
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Federal judge rules against military lawyers for former Guantanamo detainee
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Cuba continues political repression, rights violations under Raul Castro: report
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The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Thursday denied the appeals of five former military officers sentenced to death for the 1975 military coup assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the country's first leader. Bangladeshi Prime...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that airline passengers confronted with flight delays of two hours or more may receive compensation equal to that of passengers whose flights are cancelled. The...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged to fight corruption in his government during his inaugural address on Thursday. To this end, Karzai announced that he would soon be organizing a conference to research...
The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 5-to-4 to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy, but left the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [official...
A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday found the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) negligent in its operation and maintenance of the Mississippi River-Gulf...
A former senior Canadian diplomat alleged Wednesday that the Canadian military was complicit in the torture of Afghans by their own government, during testimony before the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan ....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California (FPD) on Wednesday to pay a monetary award to a...
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani does not have a right to be represented by his military defense lawyers in a civilian...
The Cuban government of Raul Castro has continued to repress dissidents and violate fundamental civil liberties of Cubans, maintaining the mechanisms put in place by Fidel Castro , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
