The Taiwanese Central Election Commission said Friday that it has approved two separate referendums on whether to proceed with a proposed bid for United Nations (UN) membership. The referendums, first announced in June...
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Taiwan election commission OKs referendums on UN membership
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Federal judge lifts stay on Oregon domestic partnerships
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US settles lawsuit over alleged forced drugging of immigrants
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New York court rules that state must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages
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Mohammed Jawad Guantanamo military commission charges [US DOD]
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UN rights panel urges Saudi Arabia to end male guardianship system for women
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INTERPOL ex-president charged with corruption in South Africa court
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Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider ‘enemy combatant’ evidence ruling
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Romania law on secret police investigating agency ruled unconstitutional
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Europe rights court rules against Turkey in police abuse cases
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The US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled Friday that Oregon's domestic partnership law should be allowed to take effect, saying that opponents of the law failed to gather the necessary signatures...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached a settlement with two immigrants who said they were forcibly drugged with sedatives during deportation proceedings, CNN reported Friday. As part of the agreement, Raymond Soeoth, a minister from...
A New York state appeals court on Friday unanimously ruled that the state must legally recognize valid out-of-state same-sex marriages . Patricia Martinez filed the lawsuit in Rochester, NY against her employer Monroe...
Mohammed Jawad Charge Sheet, US Department of Defense, January 31, 2008 . Read the full text of the charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Friday called for Saudi Arabia to abolish laws that give men complete guardianship over women. Under current Saudi law, women have few or no...
Suspended South Africa police commissioner and former INTERPOL president Jackie Selebi was provisionally charged Friday in a South African regional court with three counts of corruption and one count of defeating the...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said Friday that it will not reconsider its July 2007 decision that federal appeals courts reviewing the "enemy combatant" ...
The Constitutional Court of Romania Thursday ruled that parts of the law creating the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS) are unconstitutional. Head of the Supreme...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Turkey violated the human rights of two men when police subjected them to inhuman and degrading treatment and then failed to properly investigate their allegations of abuse....
