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Ireland High Court holds constitution no bar to traveling abroad for abortion
The High Court of Ireland ruled Wednesday that the Irish constitution does not prevent a minor girl in state care from traveling to the UK to have an abortion. Lawyers appointed by Attorney General Rory Brady argued that the constitution preclude (More) |
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Human rights watchdogs criticize UN rights council
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has neglected to censure countries committing gross violations of human rights, including Cuba, Saudi Arabia and China, according to a report released Monday by rights watchdog group UN Watch . The report stated (More) |
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Retired Indonesia general denies 1999 East Timor crimes
A retired Indonesian general widely blamed for rights abuses committed by pro-Indonesian militias on the former Indonesian island territory of East Timor after an independence referendum in 1999 told an Indonesian-Timorese truth commission Saturday (More) |
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Bush vetoes war funding bill with Iraq troop withdrawal timetable
US President George W. Bush Tuesday vetoed [White House remarks; recorded video] a bill that would have provided $122 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but would have also required US troops to start pulling out of Iraq (More) |
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First woman appointed to Canada Supreme Court dies
Bertha Wilson , the first woman appointed to the Supreme of Canada , died over the weekend of Alzheimer's disease, it was disclosed Monday. Wilson was 83. She was appointed to the Canadian high court by then-Prime Minister Pierre Eliot Trudeau (More) |
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US, Australia 'prepared to throw every legal principle out the window': ex-PM
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said Monday that the treatment and trial of Australian detainee David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay demonstrate that the US and Australian governments are "prepared to throw every legal principle out t (More) |
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Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
US Democratic and Republic senators sparred over the habeas corpus rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees at a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. In a rare appearance as a committee witness [prepared testimony; recorded video], US (More) |
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Marines expected to face criminal charges in Afghanistan civilian shootings
The US Marine Corps has been told to expect charges to be filed against five to seven Marines who are being investigated for killing ten civilians near Jalalabad, Afghanistan on March 4, according to a Marine official speaking on the condition of (More) |
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Privacy groups file FTC complaint over Google DoubleClick acquisition
Several Internet privacy groups filed a joint complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday concerning the merger of search engine Google with advertising provider DoubleClick . The groups, including the Electronic Privacy Informati (More) |
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More Guantanamo hunger strikes: the silence is deafening
David Nicholl : "The legal black-hole of Guantanamo is well recognised, however it is less well realised how the ongoing breaches of medical ethics in Guantanamo are damaging the normally high standards of US medicine. In June 2006, I and over 2 (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.
