A federal judge ruled Wednesday that recorded conversations between the brother of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich , Robert Blagojevich, and Illinois Senator Roland Burris could be released to the US...
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Federal judge allows disclosure of Blagojevich tapes to Senate committee
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Jordan urged to restore rule of law by ending arbitrary detentions
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Myanmar court hears testimony of democracy advocate Suu Kyi
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Denmark court rules counterculture group lacks property rights to community
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Five percent of Guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorism: Pentagon
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Sweden high court rules government may extradite Rwandan Hutu
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Pakistan Supreme Court lifts election ban on opposition leader Sharif
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Egypt court overturns defamation sentence for rights activist
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Liberia truth commission delegates recommend war crimes tribunal
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California Supreme Court rejects challenges to Proposition 8
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Jordan should restore its rule of law by ending extrajudicial detentions of crime victims, personal enemies, and persons freed by the courts, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Per the 1954...
Nobel Laureate and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday told a Myanmar court that she did not violate the terms of her house arrest when an American man swam to her house....
The Eastern High Court of Denmark ruled Tuesday that the Copenhagen counterculture group Christiana had not acquired permanent property rights to the abandoned Copenhagen navy base and...
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has evidence that confirms that 27 released Guantanamo Bay detainees have engaged in combat or terrorism against the US. The evidence, implicating five percent of ex-detainees, includes "fingerprints, DNA, and...
The Supreme Court of Sweden ruled Tuesday that the Swedish government would have the final authority on granting extradition of an alleged Rwandan war criminal. The Republic of Rwanda requested extradition...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday lifted a ban preventing opposition politician and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in politics. The Supreme Court had barred Sharif from...
An Egyptian court on Monday overturned the conviction of dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges related to defaming Egypt. Ibrahim, founder of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies , has been a prominent human rights...
Delegates to Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have recommended that a war crimes court be established to try individuals accused of committing atrocities during the country's 1989-2003 civil war. Thirteen representatives from each of Liberia's 15...
The California Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that constitutional challenges to Proposition 8 , which amended the California Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage , lacked merit and that the amendment stands as...
