A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Tennessee's execution procedures constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment, derailing plans to execute a death row inmate next week. US District Judge Aleta Trauger held that revised death penalty protocols [PDF text;...
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Federal judge rules Tennessee lethal injection procedure ‘cruel and inhumane’
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Canada opposition leader urges PM to work for Khadr Guantanamo release
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Japan court denies compensation to WWII Korean slave laborers
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Argentina high court orders protection of malnourished indigenous group
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Bush urges Congress to make surveillance law updates permanent
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Kyrgyzstan president seeks constitutional referendum on parliamentary elections
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US Senate defeats measure restoring habeas corpus to detainees
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Turkish PM calls for end to headscarf ban at state universities
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Zimbabwe parliament backs constitutional amendments in preliminary vote
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UN urges US ratification of nuclear test-ban treaty
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Canadian Liberal Party opposition leader Stephane Dion Wednesday joined calls urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pressure the US government for the immediate release of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [TrialWatch profile; JURIST...
A Japanese district court Wednesday rejected demands for compensation by 22 South Korean women, as well as the surviving relatives of other women, who were forced to work at a Japanese military hardware factory during World...
The Supreme Court of Argentina has ordered the government to provide the indigenous people of the Chaco region with basic necessities while it investigates claims that their land has been illegally sold to...
US President George W. Bush Wednesday urged Congress to make permanent a law broadening the government's ability to conduct warrantless surveillance of terror suspects abroad, echoing recent statements by intelligence officials. The Protect America...
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Wednesday called for a national referendum on amending the Kyrgyzstan constitution to elect parliament members by party list rather than by direct election, saying such a change would help...
A measure in the US Senate that would have overturned the current ban on habeas corpus petitions for detainees at Guantanamo Bay was unable to achieve the 60 votes needed to cut...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday urged the government of Turkey to remove the current ban on the wearing of headscarves at state universities , saying that the ban effectively denies some Muslim women access...
A Zimbabwean parliamentary debate on a draft constitutional amendment bill that could essentially give Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the authority to appoint his successor concluded without challenge Tuesday. Floor debate lasted only one day , and...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the US and nine other countries to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on Tuesday, saying that the ratification would "move us toward the larger goals of ridding the...
