Prominent Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others have sued the government for abduction, wrongful arrest, and torture, their lawyer said Thursday. The suit comes after Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed charges...
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Zimbabwe rights activists suing government for unlawful arrest, torture
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Argentina ex-president charged with hiding evidence in 1994 Jewish center bombing
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Texas judge agrees to hear same-sex divorce, finding marriage ban unconstitutional
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Obama signs order banning texting while driving for federal employees
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Obama federal employee text messaging order [WH]
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Federal judge criticizes lack of remedies available to victims of Iran-sponsored terror
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Peru ex-president Fujimori sentenced to 6 years for illegal wiretapping and bribery
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Georgia South Ossetia offensive violated international law: EU commission
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White House objects to journalist shield proposal on national security grounds
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Russian religious freedom judgment [ECHR]
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An Argentine judge on Thursday charged former president and current senator Carlos Menem for allegedly covering up evidence related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires....
Judge Tena Callahan of the 302nd Family District Court in Texas ruled Thursday that her Dallas family court has jurisdiction to hear the divorce proceedings of a Texas same-sex couple who were married in Massachusetts in 2006....
US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order making it illegal for federal employees or government contractors to use text messaging while driving. The order encompasses employee use of government owned or leased cars, as well...
Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, White House, October 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....
Judge Royce Lambeth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday released a 191-page opinion expressing frustration with the inability of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism to receive their court-ordered judgments. In...
The Criminal Chamber of the Peruvian Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced former president Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori is to...
Georgia violated international law when it shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali in August 2008, according to a report released Wednesday by a European Union-backed commission. The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFFMCG)...
The Obama administration on Wednesday informed Congress that it objects to a proposed journalist shield law that would protect journalists who refuse to disclose sources that leak national security information. Under changes proposed by the administration, a reporter who...
Kimlya and others v. Russia, European Court of Human Rights, October 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...
