Swedish prosecutors on Friday issued a request to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over sexual assault allegations at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has lived since June of 2012. The move marks a...
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Julian Assange to be questioned in London by Swedish prosecutors
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Alabama votes to keep execution drug suppliers secret, bring back electric chair
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UN rights expert urges Iran to revoke restrictive laws
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Dutch court strikes down data retention law
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Rights groups challenge NSA mass surveillance program
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Italy top court upholds Berlusconi acquittal
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Federal appeals court upholds automatic solitary confinement for Virginia death-row inmates
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Wisconsin unions file first lawsuit against new ‘right to work’ law
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Utah lawmakers give final approval to bill allowing executions by firing squad
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UN rights expert: member states must ensure detained children’s human rights
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The Alabama House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to keep execution drug suppliers' names secret and to bring back the use of the electric chair when chemicals for lethal injection are not available. The members of the...
A UN human rights expert on Thursday called on Iran to revoke laws restricting freedom of press, free detained journalists, and stop blocking websites. Ahmed Shaheed , the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, said that President...
The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday struck down a Dutch data retention law, holding that it violates privacy rights of EU citizens. The law , enacted in 2009, allowed the Dutch...
Rights groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Maryland against the National Security Agency (NSA) alleging that one of the NSA's mass surveillance programs violates...
Italy's Court of Cassation on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi . Berlusconi was convicted in 2013 of paying for sex with an underage exotic...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday ruled that Virginia can continue to automatically house death row inmates in solitary confinement. The appeals court decision reversed US District Judge Leonie Brinkema's...
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and two local labor unions on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging the state's newly enacted "right to work" law . The International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 1061 and...
The Utah State Legislature gave final approval to a bill Tuesday that will allow execution by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. The goal of House Bill 11 is to provide an alternative...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Juan Méndez called Tuesday for modifications and alternatives to the detention processes of children in order to ensure their...
