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UK court rules against paralyzed man in right-to-die case
The High Court of England and Wales on Thursday denied the plea of a paralyzed man challenging the legitimacy of the Suicide Act 1961 and other laws barring his ability to commit suicide. Tony Nicklinson, 58, along with a 47-year-old man known only (More) |
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Australia high court refuses to deport suspected Nazi war criminal
The High Court of Australia on Wednesday rejected a request by the nation of Hungary to extradite a Nazi war crimes suspect. The case concerned a man named Charles Zentai [The Australian backgrounder], an Australian citizen and Hungarian native wh (More) |
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UN report: Syria government has committed serious war crimes
Syrian forces and their supporting Shabbiha fighters have committed "war crimes and gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law," according to a report [text, DOC; press release, PDF] released Wednesday by the UN Independent (More) |
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Tunisia: Springtime for Defamation of Religion
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert C. Blitt of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law argues that legislation recently introduced in Tunisia proposing to criminalize blasphemy underscores a pattern in predominantly Muslim countries that the (More) |
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Guilty of Adulthood Until Proven a Child
JURIST Guest Columnist Alice Farmer, a Children's Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch, says that in many cases of asylum, children are presumed to be adults and are detained as such in countries such as Malta... (More) |
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Ivory Coast commission reports war crimes committed during post-election violence
The Ivory Coast's commission of inquiry into the country's 2010 post-election violence submitted a report to President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday revealing that hundreds of fighters on both sides of the hostilities committed war crimes and hum (More) |
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DOJ argues continued attorney access at Guantanamo is government decision
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a brief with the US District Court for the District of Columbia asserting that the government should decide when a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is granted continued regular access to legal counsel a (More) |
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Obama signs law limiting protests at military funerals
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 , which provides a number of benefits to veterans and limits the ability to protest at a military funeral. In addition to a (More) |
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Rights groups ask Saudi Arabia to make trials against activists public
Several international human rights groups have asked the Saudi Arabia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Ministry of Justice to allow them to observe the trials of four rights activists. In a letter sent to Saudi Justice Minister Mohammed al-E (More) |
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Nebraska Supreme Court strikes down campaign finance law
The Supreme Court of Nebraska on Friday struck down a state campaign finance law that contributes state money to certain political candidates in order to lessen financial disparity among candidates. Under the law, candidates for certain public off (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.
