Human rights groups have expressed concerns about repression and rights violations in the run-up to Russian parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday. Amnesty International (AI), alleged Wednesday that the Russian government has interfered with opposition parties' rights of...
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Rights groups allege violations in run-up to Russia parliamentary elections
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Japan upper house passes bill to stop air force mission to Iraq
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Gaza-based Hamas military court issues first ruling
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ICTY orders former Croatian general to stay in The Hague until trial
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Iraq parliament stalls on de-Baathification reform bill
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ICTR reduces sentences of Rwanda media executives who encouraged genocide
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US Supreme Court hears Maine tobacco delivery law case
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UN Security Council approves Brammertz as ICTY chief prosecutor
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EPA sued by 12 states over relaxed toxin disclosure requirements
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ICTY witnesses in former Kosovo leader trial too fearful to testify
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The Japanese House of Councillors passed a bill Wednesday to end Japan's air force mission in Iraq, with opposition leaders insisting that Japan should work through the United Nations rather than the United States. Japan withdrew its...
A military court established in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian militant group Hamas handed down its first ruling on Wednesday, sentencing three members of rival party Fatah to...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ruled Wednesday that former Croatian general Ante Gotovina must remain in detention in The Hague until his trial. The court...
The Iraqi parliament met briefly Wednesday to continue debate on a controversial bill that would allow former Baath Party members not convicted of any crimes to return...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday reduced the sentences of three Rwandan media executives imprisoned for their roles in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Ferdinand Nahimana and...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport , 06-457, where the Court is considering whether a Maine tobacco transport law...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the appointment of Serge Brammertz as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ....
Twelve states filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday, seeking to invalidate new regulations that relax disclosure requirements for companies storing or emitting 500...
The last two witnesses for the prosecution in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia case against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and two other members of the Kosovo Liberation Army [FAS...
