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News North Korea scolds South Korea over Internet censorship
North Korea scolds South Korea over Internet censorship
Tatyana Margolin
January 26, 2007 11:26:00 am

North Korea accused South Korea of Internet censorship Friday, saying that preventing the South Korean public from accessing pro-North Korea websites violates their citizens' basic human rights and freedom to access information. Since...

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News ECHR rules Russia responsible for three Chechnya disappearances
ECHR rules Russia responsible for three Chechnya disappearances
Tatyana Margolin
November 10, 2006 06:39:00 am

In the latest string of judgments against Russia, the European Court of Human Rights Thursday held the country responsible for the deaths and disappearance of three people in Chechnya . In the first case [judgment; press...

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News Russia court shuts down Chechen rights NGO on heels of Politkovskaya murder
Russia court shuts down Chechen rights NGO on heels of Politkovskaya murder
Tatyana Margolin
October 14, 2006 12:29:00 pm

A Russian court has shut down the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (ORCD) , a Chechen human rights group that has been exposing abuses against civilians in Chechnya and providing assistance to victims of violence. The decision follows the February...

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News Rights group alleges Russia using secret prisons in Chechnya for torture
Rights group alleges Russia using secret prisons in Chechnya for torture
Tatyana Margolin
May 16, 2006 05:18:00 am

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights has claimed in a new report that Russia is maintaining secret prisons in Chechnya and is using them for kidnapping and torturing...

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News US imposes travel ban on Belarus president, associates
US imposes travel ban on Belarus president, associates
Tatyana Margolin
May 16, 2006 04:49:00 am

President Bush has imposed a US travel ban on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and his associates. In a proclamation released Monday, Bush cited election fraud, corruption and human rights violations as reasons for...

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News Blair proposal to limit Human Rights Act draws protest
Blair proposal to limit Human Rights Act draws protest
Tatyana Margolin
May 15, 2006 05:16:00 am

Leading UK human rights lawyers and activists are protesting the Blair government’s readiness to limit the application of the Human Rights Act in the wake of a High Court decision last week that permitted...

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News Bush administration defends legality of phone data collection
Bush administration defends legality of phone data collection
Tatyana Margolin
May 15, 2006 04:28:00 am

Stephen Hadley , President Bush’s national security advisor, defended the recently-exposed government program to collect data on private phone calls Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation, saying that it was legal and narrowly tailored....

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News Kenya ex-minister accused of corruption launching court challenge against UK ban
Kenya ex-minister accused of corruption launching court challenge against UK ban
Tatyana Margolin
May 9, 2006 06:08:00 am

Lawyers acting for former Kenyan transport minister Chris Murungaru will appear in the High Court in London on Tuesday to challenge a travel ban imposed last summer to prevent him...

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News Number of serious foreign offenders released in UK deportation review blunder rises
Number of serious foreign offenders released in UK deportation review blunder rises
Tatyana Margolin
May 9, 2006 03:18:00 am

New UK Home Secretary John Reid admitted on Monday that the number of serious offenders among convicted foreign criminals released from custody in the UK by administrative error before deportation reviews may be double...

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News Released Guantanamo Kuwaitis maintain innocence, oppose use of US evidence
Released Guantanamo Kuwaitis maintain innocence, oppose use of US evidence
Tatyana Margolin
May 8, 2006 04:28:00 am

Lawyers for five Kuwaitis formerly detained at Guantanamo told a Kuwait criminal court Sunday that the Kuwaiti courts lack any foundation for convicting their clients of having links with al Qaeda ....

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