The Russian Supreme Court classified northern Africa group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a terrorist organization in a ruling Thursday, prohibiting the organization from conducting activities...
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Russia high court blacklists north Africa al Qaeda group
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EU urged to adopt rights benchmarks for Russia
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Italy high court approves feeding tube removal
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Fair housing groups file lawsuit over alleged Katrina program discrimination
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Fourth Circuit dismisses challenge to bribery charges against congressman
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Former Taiwan president on hunger strike in jail
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ICC needs more support from member states: HRW
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Rights groups file lawsuit against ex-El Salvador president in Spain
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Germany parliament passes new anti-terror laws
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Rights groups urge independent commission on US treatment of detainees
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to adopt a series of specific human rights benchmarks Russia should meet before moving forward with the EU-Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement...
The Italian Court of Cassation , the country's highest court, ruled Thursday that the father of Eluana Englaro , who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years, can remove her feeding tube....
State and national housing advocates filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday arguing that Louisiana's Hurricane Katrina recovery program, Road Home Louisiana , discriminates against African-American homeowners. The federally-funded program awards grants to homeowners...
A panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) seeking to have bribery charges against him dropped....
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian continued a hunger strike in the Tucheng jail in suburban Taipei Thursday after being incarcerated Wednesday, according to local media reports. While there are no official charges against Chen, the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs more vocal support from its member countries in a memorandum sent to member governments in advance of...
The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) and the Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE) filed suit Thursday in Spain's National Court against Alfredo...
Germany's lower house of parliament voted Wednesday to approve a new law which would expand the power of Germany's federal police agency, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) , to undertake online and telephone...
Authors of a new report on detainees released from US detention in Guantanamo Bay are urging US president-elect Barack Obama to form an independent, nonpartisan commission...
