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News Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks petitions UN over alleged rights violations
Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks petitions UN over alleged rights violations
Daniel Richey
August 21, 2011 01:22:10 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee complaining of multiple violations of international law stemming from his five-year incarceration at...

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News DOJ asks Supreme Court to uphold military imposter law
DOJ asks Supreme Court to uphold military imposter law
Daniel Richey
August 21, 2011 11:31:49 am

Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold a controversial law that makes it illegal to falsely claim to be a decorated military veteran. The Stolen...

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News Trial of former Egypt interior minister adjourned as defense counsel silenced
Trial of former Egypt interior minister adjourned as defense counsel silenced
Daniel Richey
August 14, 2011 12:18:27 pm

An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday adjourned the trial of former interior minister Habib el-Adly. Judge Ahmed Rifaat ordered four recesses in the first three hours of the morning's proceedings in response to conduct by defense counsel that he...

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News Federal appeals court upholds Merrill Lynch executive conviction in Enron affair
Federal appeals court upholds Merrill Lynch executive conviction in Enron affair
Daniel Richey
August 13, 2011 02:39:55 pm

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of ex-Merrill Lynch executive James Brown stemming from his role in the Enron fraud scandal . Brown was indicted on five counts in 2003...

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News Wyoming federal court strikes down Obama alterations to Energy Policy Act
Wyoming federal court strikes down Obama alterations to Energy Policy Act
Daniel Richey
August 13, 2011 01:31:42 pm

A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming on Friday struck down a set of administrative rules advanced by the Obama administration last year that placed stricter limits on environmental impact requirements...

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News Rights groups urge more transparency for Khmer Rouge tribunal
Rights groups urge more transparency for Khmer Rouge tribunal
Daniel Richey
May 20, 2011 07:49:34 am

A coalition of more than 30 rights groups and development organizations in Cambodia issued an open letter Thursday urging the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to embrace a greater degree of transparency....

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News Rights group claims Palestinian Authority, Hamas guilty of torture
Rights group claims Palestinian Authority, Hamas guilty of torture
Daniel Richey
May 18, 2011 08:50:17 am

A Palestinian human rights group released a report this week criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas security forces for violations of civil rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In its newest annual report, the...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge minister denied pre-trial release
Ex-Khmer Rouge minister denied pre-trial release
Daniel Richey
May 18, 2011 07:55:38 am

A panel in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday denied a motion for pretrial release by former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Sary . Ieng,...

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News Accused USS Cole bomber to be tried in military court
Accused USS Cole bomber to be tried in military court
Daniel Richey
April 21, 2011 10:55:57 am

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court . According...

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News Maritime piracy at all-time high, Somalia waters driving explosion: report
Maritime piracy at all-time high, Somalia waters driving explosion: report
Daniel Richey
April 14, 2011 11:05:43 am

International maritime piracy reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2011, says a report released Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The ICC's piracy...

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