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Release the Cleared Guantanamo Detainees to End the Hunger Strike
JURIST Guest Columnist David Frakt of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Obama administration should release those detainees held at Guantanamo Bay who have already been declared to not be a danger to the US... (More) |
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Ireland high court rules paralyzed woman has no right to assisted suicide
The Supreme Court of Ireland on Monday rejected an appeal by a paralyzed woman seeking to allow her partner to help her commit suicide. The appellant, Marie Fleming, suffers from end stage multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system, and a (More) |
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Egypt rights group criticizes proposed NGO restrictions
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) on Wednesday denounced draft legislation restricting the financial autonomy of civic associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The draft law gives government "security bodies" the (More) |
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Fair Decision-Making in Ukraine: Ensuring Personal Voting in Parliament
JURIST Guest Columnist Olga Synoverska is an LL.M. candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, and has interned at OMP Law Offices in Kyiv Ukraine while studying for her law degree. Synoverska discusses a recent change to (More) |
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Kiobel and the Conflict of Laws
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Borchers of the Creighton University School of Law says that the Supreme Court's opinion in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum overlooks recent relevant developments in the conflict of laws and may have unintended effects (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns abuses in Central African Republic
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of human rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Since the Seleka coalition forces launched their (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on right to remain silent
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases . In Salinas v. Texas the court considered the boundaries of the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent prior to arrest. Genovevo Salinas was suspected of being involved in a murde (More) |
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The Laws Driving Mexico's 'Educational Reform' are Troubled From the Outset
JURIST Guest Columnist Felipe Alberto Herrera, Northwestern Law School Class of 2013, discusses the effects of the recent educational reforms in Mexico... (More) |
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Obama urged to press UAE crown prince to remedy rights violations
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged US President Barack Obama to press United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to act upon the worsening human rights situation in the UAE. Al Nahyan will visit Obama in the US o (More) |
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ICJ opens hearing in Thailand-Cambodia border dispute
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday heard oral arguments in the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over land surrounding the Temple of Preah Vihear . The ICJ awarded the temple to the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh in 1962. (More) |
FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died
Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II.
Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.
