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US soldier wins lawsuit against Khadr for 2002 Afghan attack
US Army Special Forces Sgt. Layne Morris and the family of Sgt. Christopher Speer were awarded $102.6 million in triple damages in a civil default judgment against Egyptian-Canadian Ahmed Said Khadr [Wikipedia profile; CBC family backgrounder] Fri (More) |
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International brief ~ Egyptian judges to face government slander charges
Leading Friday's international brief, four high profile Egyptian judges who spoke out against fellow colleagues accused of rigging votes in last year's presidential elections have been stripped of judicial immunity and are scheduled to be qu (More) |
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Journalists group decries repression of press around the world
The Committee to Protect Journalists has deplored media repression in over 50 countries in its latest annual report . Highlighting unprecedented violence against reporters in the Middle East, it also condemned legal sanctions such as imprisonment a (More) |
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Egypt voting law proposal prompts outcry from Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian opposition Muslim Brotherhood has promised to fight legislation backed by President Hosni Mubarak [official profile; BBC profile] that would delay local elections in Egypt for an another two years and preserve the ruling party's d (More) |
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Egypt rights group to investigate ferry sinking
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights has said that it will conduct its own investigation into the sinking of a ferry carrying 1,400 Egyptians in the Red Sea earlier this month. Another Egyptian NGO, the Civil Observatory for Human Rights, h (More) |
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New Human Rights Council under consideration at UN
UN ambassadors from Panama and South Africa Thursday circulated a draft compromise resolution in the UN General Assembly outlining provisions for a UN Human Rights Council to replace the current 53-member Commission on Human Rights . The draft pro (More) |
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Trial opens for Madrid bombing suspect
A suspected mastermind of the 2004 Madrid bombings appeared in an Italian court Tuesday for an initial hearing as his trial on terror charges begins. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , along with an alleged accomplice, faces charges of subversive associatio (More) |
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UK religious hate bill faces key Commons vote
British politicians, writers and comedians are urging members of the UK House of Commons to accept freedom of speech revisions in the controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill [text; BBC Q/A], which returns to the Commons for a vote Tuesday. T (More) |
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Egypt agrees not to deport Sudanese detainees
The Egyptian government has said that it will not deport hundreds of Sudanese detainees who lack status as refugees or asylum seekers. The detainees were arrested after a three-month sit-in protest in front of UN offices in Cairo resulted in a viol (More) |
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Sept. 11 detainees move forward with abuse lawsuit
Six non-US citizens who were arrested and detained on visa violations as "persons of interest" in terror investigations after the Sept. 11 attacks return to the United States this week to give depositions in a lawsuit filed against detenti (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
