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Rights groups slam Egypt for jailing editor over Mubarak reports
Human rights groups have condemned the decision of the al-Warraq Misdemeanor Court in Egypt to sentence controversial newspaper editor Ibrahim Eissa [al-Ahram profile] to a year in prison for publishing a report critical of Egyptian President Hosni (More) |
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Media organizations challenge Canada terror cases publication ban
A group of media organizations has asked a Canadian judge to consider vacating a media blackout in the cases of 17 men arrested in Ontario earlier this month and charged with a terrorist plot. Under Canada's Criminal Code, a judge may order a p (More) |
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UK Tory leader proposes US-style Bill of Rights
UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron said Monday that he would appoint a panel of legal experts to examine whether the increasingly-controversial Human Rights Act of 1998 [text; JURIST news archive] should be replaced with an American-style B (More) |
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Canada pressing for arrest of Iran prosecutor wanted for Kazemi death
Canada authorities confirmed Friday that they had asked Germany to detain Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi if he passed through German territory after attending the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, as an o (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns abuses in terror fight, urges adherence to torture ban
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour denounced human rights abuses committed during the war on terror Friday, urging governments to give terror suspects a fair trial and reminding them of the "absolute ban on torture" in re (More) |
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UN torture investigator says Europe could help close Guantanamo by taking detainees
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told an Austrian radio station Thursday that European countries could help bring about the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center by accepting some detainees into their judicial and penitentia (More) |
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Canada slams Iran for sending prosecutor linked to Kazemi death to UN rights meeting
Iran has received nearly universal condemnation for selecting Tehran Prosecutor-General Saeed Mortazavi to attend the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as an observer. Mortazavi is widely suspected of being present in Jul (More) |
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Rights group accuses Iraq insurgents of war crimes after soldiers' bodies found
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that insurgents in Iraq have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law and pointed to the kidnapping of two US soldiers last week as another example of the war crimes that are committed i (More) |
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Supreme Court rules on deportation, employment retaliation cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down four decisions Thursday, including Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST report], where the Court held that a federal immigration law authorizing dep (More) |
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No deliberate cover-up of Haditha incident by Marine officers: LA Times
An investigation into the death of 24 Iraqi civilians last November in Haditha focusing on whether senior military personnel covered up the deaths reportedly found several failures to follow up by Marine commanders, but no deliberate cover up of th (More) |
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