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News Holder expected to name prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations: report
Holder expected to name prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations: report
Tere Miller-Sporrer
August 9, 2009 04:36:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to name a special prosecutor who will be tasked with investigating the alleged abuse of detainees and other terrorism suspects by CIA interrogators,...

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News Iran official acknowledges torture of election protesters
Iran official acknowledges torture of election protesters
Tere Miller-Sporrer
August 9, 2009 03:43:00 pm

Iran's Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dorri Najafabadi acknowledged Saturday that some protesters arrested in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election were tortured. He went on to say that the protesters should not have...

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News DC Circuit rules Capitol police race discrimination suit may proceed
DC Circuit rules Capitol police race discrimination suit may proceed
Tere Miller-Sporrer
August 2, 2009 04:29:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court ruling that had dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by more than 200 African-American members of the Capitol Police...

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News Egypt to try 26 Hezbollah-linked  terror suspects in special state security court
Egypt to try 26 Hezbollah-linked terror suspects in special state security court
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 26, 2009 02:07:00 pm

Twenty-six men suspected both of plotting numerous attacks in Egypt and of having links to Hezbollah were transferred Sunday to an emergency state court that deals specifically with terrorism and state...

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News Congo prison worst in Africa: UN official
Congo prison worst in Africa: UN official
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 26, 2009 01:46:00 pm

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Dmitry Titov has called conditions in a Goma, Congo prison "inhumane" and said that it is the worst in...

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News China official says police killed 12  in regional ethnic violence
China official says police killed 12 in regional ethnic violence
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 19, 2009 04:36:00 pm

Nur Bekri, chairman of the government in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , told the Xinhua News Agency Sunday that twelve "mobsters" had been fatally shot by police in the Chinese city of Urumqi on July...

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News AG Holder still considering investigation of Bush-era torture allegations: report
AG Holder still considering investigation of Bush-era torture allegations: report
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 12, 2009 10:58:00 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder is still considering appointing a prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture during the Bush administration, Newsweek reported Saturday. Despite pressure from the White House to "look forward, not backwards"...

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News Ireland passes civil partnership bill extending rights to same-sex couples
Ireland passes civil partnership bill extending rights to same-sex couples
Tere Miller-Sporrer
June 28, 2009 03:02:00 pm

The Department of Justice in Ireland published a Civil Partnership Bill on Sunday, extending certain rights to same-sex couples. The bill legally recognizes cohabiting but unmarried couples while stopping short of granting such...

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News Zimbabwe rights abuses nearing ‘crime against humanity’: report
Zimbabwe rights abuses nearing ‘crime against humanity’: report
Tere Miller-Sporrer
June 22, 2009 07:39:00 am

Torture and other human rights abuses in Zimbabwe have become so commonplace that they constitute a crime against humanity, according to a study for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) prepared...

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News Cambodia genocide court rules ex-Khmer Rouge official detained unlawfully
Cambodia genocide court rules ex-Khmer Rouge official detained unlawfully
Tere Miller-Sporrer
June 15, 2009 10:37:00 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Monday that former Khmer Rogue leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," has been detained unlawfully...

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