The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on "Combating defamation of religions" by a vote of 24 to 14, with 9 abstentions Friday, expressing a "deep concern at attempts to identify Islam...
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UN rights council passes resolution opposing public defamation of Islam
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Gonzales defends firing prosecutors
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New Orleans judge issues delayed order to release indigent defendants
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Guantanamo detainee says torture prompted confession to USS Cole bombing
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Bush administration official manipulated leaked environmental information: report
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UN disability rights treaty opened for signature
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Massachusetts governor wants end to limitations on stem cell research
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UN rights council calls for new Darfur investigation
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DOD head seeks help transferring dangerous Guantanamo detainees
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Guantanamo military commission judge says maximum Hicks sentence 7 years
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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended his role in the firings of federal prosecutors Friday, admitting that there has been some confusion but that his involvement in the matter was limited to signing off...
Judge Arthur Hunter of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court issued a delayed order for the release and suspension of prosecution for as many as 42 criminal defendants Friday in light of the fact...
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , the suspected mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing and a Guantanamo Bay detainee, said his confession to the...
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks violated federal rules against sharing non-public endangered species information with private industry groups, according to an investigative report released Thursday. Julie MacDonald, who joined the Bush administration in 2002,...
A ground-breaking UN disabilities rights treaty opened for signature Friday. The treaty would protect the 650 million persons living with disabilities worldwide and is expected to be signed by more...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said Friday he plans to reverse the restrictions placed on stem cell research by former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney . Patrick emphasized during a meeting...
The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution Friday calling on Sudan to allow a group of rights experts to visit the region of Darfur , but did not actually criticize the...
New US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the White House and Congress should collaborate to close the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by transferring the more dangerous detainees elsewhere. Gates told...
The judge presiding over the military commission for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Friday that Hicks would be be subject to a maximum seven-year prison sentence under the terms of his...
