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Federal judge grants stay of execution of mentally ill Florida prisoner
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Saturday granted a stay of execution for death row inmate John Errol Ferguson in order to hear arguments on his habeus corpus petition on Friday. Ferguson was found guilty (More) |
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AI: Gambia convicts at risk of execution after Supreme Court decision
Amnesty International (AI) [official website; press release] on Friday urged the government of Gambia to allow time for seven men facing execution to make the maximum use of the appellate process after the Gambia Supreme Court upheld their convicti (More) |
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UN rights experts urge states to repeal criminal adultery laws
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women on Thursday urged governments around the world to repeal laws that criminalize adultery and give rise to severe penalties which include flogging, death by stoning and hanging. While the working (More) |
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UK to block extradition of computer hacker to US
UK Home Secretary Theresa May announced Tuesday to the House of Commons that she would block the US extradition of British computer hacker, Gary McKinnon [BBC profile; advocacy website]. Relying on Article 3 of the Human Rights Act concerning pr (More) |
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Courageous Jurist Under Fire in Guatemala
JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Carasik of Western New England University School of Law says that, as chief justice of the Criminal Chamber of Guatemala's Supreme Court, Cesar Barrientos has played a critical role in rebuilding the nation's democratic (More) |
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UN official: Iran threatening human rights activists
A UN official on Thursday released a report indicating that the government of Iran is torturing human rights activists and threatening the activists' families with rape or death. In a report to the UN General Assembly UN special rapporteur on human (More) |
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UN: Iran must halt capital punishment
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Iran Friday to immediately stop all executions , including 11 planned for Saturday. The OHCHR stated that Iran has failed to provide the accused with due process and fair tri (More) |
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Extradited terror suspect pleads not guilty to charges
Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal charges . His charges include taking hostages, providing material support to terrorist groups, including al Qaeda , and c (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on competence in capital cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two related cases on Tuesday. In Tibbals v. Carter , the court considered the "right to competence" in habeas corpus cases and whether a federal district judge can order an indefinite stay of a habeas (More) |
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UK court approves extradition of terror suspects to US
The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had in (More) |
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