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Mexico human rights commission denounces military abuses
The Mexican military has committed grave human rights abuses, including the torture, rape and murder of civilians, according to a report from the Mexican National Human Rights Commission submitted to the Mexican National Congress. According to Com (More) |
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UN rights council criticizes Israel for Gaza violations
The UN Human Rights Council Thursday adopted a resolution criticizing Israel for recent military attacks and a week-long blockade against the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip that the Council says amount to human rights violations. The resolutio (More) |
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UN rights chief slams Israeli blockade of Gaza
Addressing a special session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Wednesday that Israel's policy of collective punishment, disproportionate use of force and targeted killin (More) |
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Israel, US boycotting UN rights council meeting on Gaza blockade
Israel and the United States plan to boycott a special session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva Wednesday called to discuss possible human rights violations in Gaza in the wake of a blockade imposed by Israel on the area last Frid (More) |
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Kenya opposition brings ICC 'crimes against humanity' complaint against government
Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , has filed a formal complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) , alleging that the Kenyan government has committed crimes against humanity in using force against demon (More) |
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No Shelter for War Crimes 'Within the Scope of Employment'
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says despite a recent conclusion of the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top US officials are immune from torture-relate (More) |
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Lifting Turkey's headscarf ban: freedom of choice, or Islamist Trojan horse?
Farzana Hassan [President, Muslim Canadian Congress] and Zeynep Baysal [Director, Muslim Canadian Congress]: "The recent victory of the newly elected Islamic party in secular Turkey has spawned a reversal to traditional Islamic precept and pract (More) |
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Rights group slams Sudan naming of Darfur militia leader as government advisor
Human Rights Watch Sunday condemned the appointment of a suspected Janjaweed [Slate backgrounder] militia leader as an advisor to Sudan's Ministry of Federal Affairs and special advisor to President Omar El Bashir . Musa Hilal is a tribal leade (More) |
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What future for Pakistan's lawyers' movement?
Faisal Naseem Chaudhry : "All was not well on the morning of December 27, yet it was not so unwell either. Elections were to take place on 8th of January. Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and other politicians were on a move round-the-clock as part (More) |
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From Dreams to Laws: The Legacy of Dr. King
JURIST Guest Columnist Rebecca Zietlow of the University of Toledo College of Law says that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a dreamer but a doer whose activism helped bring about the civil rights legislation of the mid-1960s... Senator Hilla (More) |
RFK assassin sentenced to death
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was denied parole for the 12th time in March 2003.
