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NGOs call for establishment of UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy
Ninety-two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world on Friday issued an oral statement calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to institute a Special Rapporteur on Privacy, citing a pressing need for the provision of (More) |
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Amnesty urges Hungary to end crackdown against NGOs
Hungary must end its crackdown of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Amnesty International (AI) urged in a new report Monday. The report claims that the Hungarian government has engaged in "public smearing, criminal investigations, offi (More) |
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Palestine and the ICC: what's next?
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Kattan of the National University of Singapore Law Faculty, discusses the reasons for and consequences of Palestine's accession to the ICC and considers possible scenarios for developments around the Palestine question.. (More) |
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Russia sentences opposition leader for embezzlement
Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court announced an early verdict on Tuesday, giving opposition activist Alexei Navalny [personal website, in Russian; JURIST news archive] a suspended sentence of 3.5 years for embezzlement, and ordering him to stay (More) |
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China proposes regulations on foreign NGOs
China aims to "regulate" foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under a law being discussed this week, which aims to step up supervision of the fast-growing sector, state media said on Monday. The bill, which was submitted to the National Pe (More) |
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Ebola, Human Rights and Health Discrimination
JURIST Guest Columnist Stefan Kirchner, of the University of Lapland in Finland, discusses the possibility of global discrimination during the ongoing Ebola outbreak ...The current Ebola outbreak has lead to discrimination against those infected with (More) |
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HRW urges Putin to veto restrictions on media freedom
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to veto a series of amendments that would severely limit the freedom of the media. The new amendments seek to limit foreign involvement in Russian media by prohibiting any for (More) |
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Russia court finds opposition leader guilty of slander
Judge Anna Nekryach of the Babushkinsky district court on Tuesday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of slander. A Moscow City Duma Deputy, Aleksei Lisovenko filed the lawsuit [RFE/RL report] after Navalny allegedly posed about Lisovenk (More) |
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The US Says Landmines are Horrific—So Why Won't It Ban Them?
JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch discusses the US use of landmines and the possibility of the US joining the Mine Ban Treaty... Since antipersonnel landmines were banned by a majority of nations 15 years ago (More) |
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Russia court fines opposition leader for anti-police chants
A Russian court in Moscow on Friday fined opposition leader Alexei Navalny 10,000 rubles (USD $275) for participation in an unsanctioned public gathering. Navanly was charged after chanting anti-police statements [RFE/RL report] outside of the cour (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
