Pakistani lawyers protested Sunday, continuing their call for the reinstatement of former Supreme Court justices who were ousted after President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in November 2007. Sunday's protest kicks off a week of...
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Pakistan lawyers launch new protests calling for restoration of judges
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Democrats, rights groups criticize Bush veto of waterboarding ban
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Myanmar rejects independent observers for May constitution referendum
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China rights activist to stand trial on subversion charges
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China high court overturned 15 percent of death sentences in 2007: judge
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Bolivia court halts referendum on new constitution
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Bush vetoes intelligence bill restricting CIA interrogation tactics
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Federal judge holds anthrax reporter in contempt for not revealing sources
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Anthrax reporter contempt of court ruling [US DC]
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Texas oil company owner sentenced to prison in oil-for-food bribery case
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Democratic members of both the US House and Senate have criticized President George Bush's Saturday veto of a bill that would have prohibited the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using waterboarding [JURIST...
The military government of Myanmar on Saturday rejected a suggestion by UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari that the upcoming May referendum on a new constitution for the country...
Chinese prosecutors plan to proceed to trial against human rights activist Hu Jia and the trial could begin within a month, a defense lawyer for Hu said Saturday. Hu was formally charged last month with inciting subversion of state...
China's Supreme People's Court overturned 15 percent of death sentences imposed by lower courts during 2007, the president of the Supreme Court's criminal law chamber said in a Saturday China News report . Huang Ermei...
Bolivia's National Electoral Court on Friday blocked a national referendum on the country's new draft constitution which was to take place on May 4. The new constitution, supported by Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website,...
US President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address Saturday that he has vetoed an intelligence funding bill that would restrict CIA interrogators to using only interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton of the District of Columbia on Friday held former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in contempt of court and ordered her to personally pay a daily fine for continuing to...
Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, March 7, 2008 [holding former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in contempt of court for violating order to testify about government...
Texas oil baron David Chalmers was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $9 million Friday for paying millions in bribes to Iraqi officials in connection with the UN oil-for-food scandal . Chalmers, the...
