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News UK court refuses further appeals in Hicks citizenship case
UK court refuses further appeals in Hicks citizenship case
Alexis Unkovic
May 6, 2006 10:00:00 am

Lawyers for Australian terror suspect David Hicks said Saturday that Britain's Court of Appeals will not allow further appeals from the British government in Hicks' attempt to obtain UK citizenship. Hicks, currently detained at...

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News Albania agrees to accept Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Albania agrees to accept Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Jeannie Shawl
May 6, 2006 09:22:00 am

Five Chinese Uighur men who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not enemy combatants have been flown to Albania , where government officials are reviewing their applications for asylum....

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News British men charged in connection with Muhammad cartoons protest
British men charged in connection with Muhammad cartoons protest
Alexis Unkovic
May 6, 2006 09:12:00 am

British police have said that Anjem Choudary and Abdul Muhid now face criminal charges stemming from their roles in the February 3 demonstration outside the Danish embassy in London against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses same-sex marriage challenge
Federal appeals court dismisses same-sex marriage challenge
Jeannie Shawl
May 6, 2006 08:16:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a case challenging federal and California laws prohibiting same-sex marriage , saying that the plaintiffs must await the outcome...

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News Retrial set for California man charged with lying to FBI in terror camp case
Retrial set for California man charged with lying to FBI in terror camp case
Jeannie Shawl
May 6, 2006 07:52:00 am

Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will retry Umer Hayat, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his son's alleged terrorism-related activities, after jury deadlock in his first trial prompted US District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr....

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News Federal judge permits certain document disclosures in Libby case
Federal judge permits certain document disclosures in Libby case
Alexis Unkovic
May 6, 2006 07:51:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has ruled that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will have to turn over documents essential to the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby legal defense team regarding how a...

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News Ahmadinejad insists Iran has legal right to pursue nuclear program
Ahmadinejad insists Iran has legal right to pursue nuclear program
Jeannie Shawl
May 6, 2006 07:41:00 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran has a legal right to pursue its nuclear program and condemned a draft UN Security Council resolution currently being circulated , saying it does not have...

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News Immigration laws comparative study [LLC]
Immigration laws comparative study [LLC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 5, 2006 09:59:00 pm

Immigration Law Sanctions and Enforcement in Selected Foreign Countries, Law Library of Congress Directorate of Legal Research, April 2006 [report for Congress and released by the US House Judiciary Committee May 5, 2006, showing that several countries have harsher policies...

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News Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [HRW]
Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [HRW]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 5, 2006 07:18:00 pm

Supplemental Submission to the Committee Against Torture, Huamn Rights Watch, April 2006 [outlining "new laws, policies, and practices that reflect the continuing failure of the U.S. to fully accept its obligations under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman...

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News Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [ACLU]
Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [ACLU]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 5, 2006 07:11:00 pm

Enduring Abuse: Torture and Cruel Treatment by the United States at Home and Abroad, American Civil Liberties Union, April 2006 [report to the UN Committee against Torture concluding that "The U.S. government is in clear and unequivocal violation of its...

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