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News UK government to end inmate early release program
UK government to end inmate early release program
Steve Dotterer
February 22, 2010 02:07:00 pm

UK Justice Minister Jack Straw announced Monday that the government plans to terminate to the inmate early release program initiated in June 2007 to ease prison overcrowding . In remarks before the House of Commons...

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News Massachusetts AG seeking summary judgment in Defense of Marriage Act suit
Massachusetts AG seeking summary judgment in Defense of Marriage Act suit
Steve Dotterer
February 19, 2010 01:44:00 pm

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley moved for summary judgment Thursday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . The case will be decided...

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News UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
Steve Dotterer
February 16, 2010 07:18:00 am

Controversial full-body scanners currently used in two UK airports may be illegal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Monday. The EHRC made the statement in a letter to Department...

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News Rights group urges Nigeria acting president to remedy abuses
Rights group urges Nigeria acting president to remedy abuses
Steve Dotterer
February 12, 2010 01:55:00 pm

Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan must take action to "tackle the culture of impunity" in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter dated Friday. HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth called on Jonathan...

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News Sri Lanka military police arrest defeated opposition candidate
Sri Lanka military police arrest defeated opposition candidate
Steve Dotterer
February 8, 2010 01:08:00 pm

Sri Lankan military police on Monday arrested defeated opposition presidential candidate and former general Sarath Fonseka . The Sri Lankan Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) announced that Fonseka was arrested "in connection with certain fraudulent...

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News Top military appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib guard convictions
Top military appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib guard convictions
Steve Dotterer
February 5, 2010 01:52:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Friday upheld the convictions of two soldiers found guilty of offenses committed as guards at Abu Ghraib prison . Army Spc. Sabrina Harman...

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News Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Steve Dotterer
February 2, 2010 08:58:00 am

The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has submitted a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requesting an inquiry into the spate of religious violence [BBC...

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News Obama orders federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
Obama orders federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
Steve Dotterer
January 29, 2010 02:04:00 pm

US President Barack Obama on Friday ordered the federal government to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020. The reduction is pursuant to Executive Order 13514 , signed by Obama...

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News US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
Steve Dotterer
January 25, 2010 02:17:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Slovakia. Slovakia announced last week that it would accept the detainees, in what...

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News China official says missing rights lawyer ‘where he should be’
China official says missing rights lawyer ‘where he should be’
Steve Dotterer
January 22, 2010 01:40:00 pm

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu stated in a press conference Thursday that Chinese human rights lawyer and activist Gao Zhisheng is "where he should be." Ma stated that holding...

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