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Abolishing the Death Penalty: Leadership Needed
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, says that progressive politicians in abolitionist and non-abolitionist countries alike - in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere - need to inform, educate and (More) |
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Guantanamo suicide evidence preservation motion [CCR]
Emergency Motion for Preservation of Evidence, Center for Constitutional Rights, US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 21, 2006 custody, let alone how," and that a preservation order would not be unduly burdensome on the governme (More) |
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FCC to review media ownership rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved a review of media ownership rules [FCC news release, PDF; fact sheet, PDF], including limits on ownership of broadcast stations by one company and on cross-ownership by broadcasters (More) |
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Cuba blasts US rights record at Human Rights Council meeting
Cuba and the United States exchanged barbs Tuesday over the US human rights record on the second day of the inaugural session [opening ceremony statements; JURIST report] of the UN Human Rights Council official website; JURIST news archive] in Gene (More) |
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Argentina begins first Dirty War trial in 20 years
For the first time in 20 years, a former government official is on trial for crimes committed during the Dirty War in Argentina . The trial of Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz , former chief investigator of the Buenos Aires province police, began Tuesday (More) |
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Rights group asks federal court to preserve evidence in Guantanamo Bay suicide
In an effort to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the suicide of three Guantanamo Bay detainees , the Center for Constitutional Rights filed an Emergency Motion for Preservation of Evidence [PDF text; press release] in federal court lat (More) |
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East Timor prosecutor-general issues warrant for former interior minister
The prosecutor-general of East Timor has issued an arrest warrant for former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, accused of giving weapons to a rebel group that targeted opponents of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri [official website; BBC profile]. The U (More) |
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Three US soldiers charged in deaths of Iraqi detainees
The US Army has charged one non-commissioned US military officer and two US soldiers in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees while they were in custody in the northern Salahuddin province of Iraq, according to a statement released by the Multinatio (More) |
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Supreme Court rules on Clean Water Act scope, parolee searches
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down three decisions in argued cases Monday, including a ruling in the consolidated cases of Rapanos v. US and Carabell v. Army Corps of Engineers [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIS (More) |
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UN Human Rights Council holds inaugural session
The UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news archive] held its inaugural session Monday, convening for its first session as the replacement body for the beleaguered Human Rights Commission . The Human Rights Council will begin by pa (More) |
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