The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent federal appeals court decision that upheld gene patents. The...
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The representative to Colombia for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Thursday reiterated his call for a peaceful solution to the country's ongoing armed conflict. Christian Salazar made his remarks at a...
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison outside the capital of Romania, the Associated Press (AP) alleged on Thursday. A joint investigation between the AP and a German public television...
Top officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told the UN Security Council Wednesday that...
Human Rights Watch called Thursday for the government of Yemen to increase the minimum age for girls to enter into marriage. In a 54-page report titled "How Come You Allow...
Thai-born American citizen Joe Gordon (Thai name Lerpong Wichaikhammat) was sentenced Thursday to two-and-a-half years in a Thai prison after pleading guilty to violating Section 112 of the Thai Penal Code by defaming the royal family by translating...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that the US will use foreign assistance, international diplomacy and political asylum to promote gay rights . The secretary's remarks before the UN Human Rights Council in...
Saadi Gaddafi, son of deceased former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi , was implicated Wednesday in a plot to flee to Mexico by the Secretary of the Interior . The announcement [press release,...
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced Wednesday that his office will no longer seek the death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal . As a result of the decision, Abu-Jamal will remain...
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison on corruption charges. Judge James Zagel of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois handed down...
