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US prison inmates need more protection from rape, brutality: UN
The UN Committee against Torture report released Friday on US compliance with the Convention Against Torture urged the US to do more to protect domestic prisoners and suspects from violence and threats of violence, in addition to calling on it t (More) |
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White House to UN: Guantanamo 'fully within the boundaries of American law'
The White House Friday responded to a report [PDF text; JURIST report] by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) calling on the US to shut down its Guantanamo Bay detention facility by reinterating President Bush's statement that he hopes to (More) |
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Russian court-martial jails officer for abuse costing conscript his legs
A Russian court-martial sitting at a military base outside Khabarovsk in the far east of the country has sentenced Sergeant Dmitry Nagaitsev to five years in prison after he was convicted of abusing his rank and degradation for beating a private at (More) |
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Nepal parliament sovereignty proclamation [Nepal HR]
Proclamation, Nepal House of Representatives, May 18, 2006 .In respect of the sacrifices and participation made by the Nepalese people in the peaceful joint people's movement, In due attention to the fact that the people had shown keen interest t (More) |
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Mexico threatens lawsuits if US National Guard deployment leads to rights abuses
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez [official profile; Wikipedia profile] has said that if President Bush's decision to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border results in a militarization of the area, Mexico would fi (More) |
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ICTY prison auditors recommend modest reforms after Milosevic death in custody
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia should undertake a series of reforms at its Scheveningen detention unit including reviewing arrangements to implement administrative court orders, separating detainees currently on tria (More) |
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International brief ~ Indonesia criticized for dropping prosecution against Suharto
Leading Monday's international brief, several civil and human rights groups have criticized the Indonesian government for its refusal to prosecute former Indonesian dictator General Suharto . Public officials say that Suharto's continuing (More) |
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Chagos islanders right of return ruling [UK HC]
Bancoult, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs EWHC 1038, UK High Court of Justice, Divisional Court, May 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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UK court grants right of return for Indian Ocean islanders removed for US naval base
The UK High Court on Thursday ruled that a group of Indian Ocean islanders known as the Chagossians [Wikipedia backgrounder; advocacy website] must be allowed to return to the group of islands from which they were exiled in the 1960s in order to ma (More) |
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Guantanamo Exported: 'Illegal Combatants' and the Israeli Supreme Court
JURIST Guest Columnist Ron Dudai of the SOAS School of Law at the University of London (UK) says that the dubious US response to 9/11 has given Israel an excuse to engage in its own questionable practices, as reflected by a recent Israeli Supreme Cou (More) |
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