The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Iran Tuesday to ban the use of the death penalty against juvenile offenders. The OHCHR statement comes as...
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UN rights office urges Iran to stop executing juvenile offenders
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ICJ hears Romania-Ukraine dispute over Black Sea resource rights
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Iraq cabinet approves Abu Ghraib prison rebuilding plan
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Pakistan rights advocate seeks to charge Musharraf with criminal abduction
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Tenth Circuit holds consultant liable for false SEC filings
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US releases ex-professor Al-Arian after 5 years in custody
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Mauritania legislators elected to court trying deposed president
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Ex-AG Gonzales mishandled classified documents: US Justice Department report
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Brazil intelligence officials suspended following wiretapping allegations
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Thailand PM declares state of emergency after panel calls for ban on ruling party
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week in a border dispute between Romania and Ukraine over resource rights to the Black Sea. Oral arguments...
The Iraqi government announced plans Wednesday to rebuild Abu Ghraib prison , where US military guards were photographed abusing Iraqi prisoners . Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the Iraqi Cabinet had approved...
Defence of Human Rights Chairman Khalid Khawaja petitioned the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday to register abduction charges against Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf and several other high-ranking officials from his...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a non-employee consultant may be held liable for misstatements or omissions in periodic financial reports filed with the US Securities...
US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released Arab activist Sami Al-Arian after five years in federal custody. The former University of South Florida (USF) computer science professor...
The Mauritanian Parliament has elected eight of its members to a High Court set to try deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on corruption charges. Legislators chose four National Assembly members and four...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Tuesday concluding that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violated DOJ regulations by storing...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has placed senior officials of the intelligence service Abin on suspension pending investigations of a report that its agents wiretapped a variety of high-ranking...
Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday voted to recommend that the country's ruling People's Power Party (PPP) be disbanded for election fraud allegedly committed by one of its former top officers. The five-member...
