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News HRW: labor abuse in UAE despite reforms
HRW: labor abuse in UAE despite reforms
Elizabeth LaForgia
February 10, 2015 12:02:28 pm

Labor abuses persist in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite attempts at reform, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report details the exploitation of migrant workers building a high-profile cultural complex in the UAE that...

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News Nepal forms commissions to probe war crimes
Nepal forms commissions to probe war crimes
Alexandra Farone
February 10, 2015 11:45:40 am

Nepal created two commissions Tuesday to investigate allegations of war crimes and disappearances that occurred during the nation's 10-year civil war, said Nepali Law Minister Narahari Acharya . The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will investigate abuses...

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News Malaysia top court upholds opposition leader’s sodomy conviction
Malaysia top court upholds opposition leader’s sodomy conviction
Elizabeth LaForgia
February 10, 2015 11:24:51 am

The Malaysian Federal Court on Tuesday upheld the sodomy conviction and five-year prison sentence of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim , a decision rights groups are calling unjust and political. Anwar was accused of...

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News Europe rights court rules prisoners banned from voting will not be compensated
Europe rights court rules prisoners banned from voting will not be compensated
Alexandra Farone
February 10, 2015 11:07:26 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that UK prisoners who had been prevented from voting are not entitled to receive compensation for their legal costs. The 1,015 petitioners are current or...

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News UK lawmakers urge government to take action against growing anti-Semitism
UK lawmakers urge government to take action against growing anti-Semitism
Dominic Yobbi
February 10, 2015 09:08:41 am

British lawmakers stated in a report on Monday that the country needs to take action against a rise in anti-Semitism throughout the country. The All-Party Parliamentary found in particular that there has been a growth...

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News Amnesty: Bulgaria authorities failing to prosecute hate crimes
Amnesty: Bulgaria authorities failing to prosecute hate crimes
Jacqueline Jones
February 9, 2015 02:29:58 pm

Bulgarian authorities are failing to address hate crimes, leading to a state of fear, Amnesty International (AI) report Monday. According to AI, over the past two years the number of asylum seekers crossing the border...

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News HRW: journalists under attack in Libya
HRW: journalists under attack in Libya
Addison Morris
February 9, 2015 01:28:01 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report detailing the violent attacks on Libyan journalists by various armed groups over the past two years. The 54-page report, entitled "War on the Media:...

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News Egypt sets retrial date for 2 Al Jazeera journalists
Egypt sets retrial date for 2 Al Jazeera journalists
Brittany Felder
February 9, 2015 12:41:41 pm

A lawyer for the one of the two Al Jazeera journalists currently jailed in Egypt said Sunday that a retrial has been scheduled for February 12. Earlier this month, Al Jazeera journalist and Australian national Peter...

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News Missouri towns sued over ‘debtors prisons’
Missouri towns sued over ‘debtors prisons’
Valerie Howell
February 9, 2015 12:23:35 pm

Rights group Equal Justice Under Law filed suit Fridays against the cities of Ferguson and Jennings , Missouri, for their practice of jailing citizens who fail to pay debts owed to the city for minor offenses...

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News New Greece government promises to extend legal status to same-sex couples
New Greece government promises to extend legal status to same-sex couples
Peter Snyder
February 9, 2015 11:50:12 am

Greece's new government, led by the left-wing Syriza party , vowed Monday to extend legal status to same-sex couples. Justice Minister Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos in a speech before the Greek parliament stated that...

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Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment

On October 6, 1991, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, turning his nomination hearings into a national spectacle. Thomas was approved by a full Senate vote of 52-48 on October 15. Read an excerpted version of Hill's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11.

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