Rights groups on Thursday called for Russia to enforce European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments regarding human rights violations in Chechnya . Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Memorial Human Rights Center and...
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Rights groups urge Russia to enforce ECHR Chechnya judgments
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UN rights expert calls for world court of human rights
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North Korea begins trial of captured US journalists
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EU council agrees on policies for accepting Guantanamo detainees
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Rights advocates urge reform on 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square uprising
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Netherlands high court head proposes code of conduct for critical lawmakers
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Federal judge dismisses suits against telecom industry for wiretapping assistance
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US shifting focus of immigration enforcement from raids to employers
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US AG Holder reverses order denying deportees ineffective counsel claim
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Ninth Circuit upholds resolution urging Catholics to permit same-sex adoptions
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The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism has laid out plans to establish a global tribunal to prosecute private companies accused of human rights abuses. In an interview last week with the Commonwealth Secretariat...
North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced Thursday that the Pyongyang Central Court has begun the trial of two US journalists . Laura Ling and Euna...
The Council of the European Union agreed Thursday on parameters for the acceptance of released Guantanamo Bay detainees by European Union (EU) member states. The council concluded that those member...
Human rights and democracy advocates on Thursday called on the Chinese government to investigate the 1989 uprising in Beijing's Tiananmen Square , to release people imprisoned in connection with the uprising and human rights advocacy, to provide an...
The president of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden , the highest court in the Netherlands, on Thursday called for a code of conduct for politicians limiting their public statements on court rulings, after comments he says...
A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a federal statute that gave immunity to telecom companies from liability associated with assisting the National Security Agency (NSA) with eavesdropping, dismissing 46 lawsuits against the telecom...
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that the US government will begin to enforce immigration policy more strictly by targeting employers directly , rather than through continued use of controversial...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday vacated an order by former attorney general Michael Mukasey that had denied those facing deportation the right to challenge immigration decisions...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday held that a San Francisco resolution urging the Vatican to withdraw a directive against same-sex adoptions does not violate the Establishment Clause....
