Adrian Severin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus , censured the Belarusian government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday for a series of allegedly abusive tactics ahead of Sunday's presidential...
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Leading Thursday's environmental law news, Nebraska's Bostwick Irrigation District has voted to sell its 2006 water allotment from the Republican River to the State of Nebraska for about $2.5 million. The deal will include 10,100 acre-feet of water...
Protests by students across France increased on Thursday in response to the First Employment Contract (CPE) , a controversial labor law which allows employers to hire workers under 26 for a conditional two-year period at the end...
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice held Thursday that the US can seek extradition of Abdullah Khadr , who has been detained in Canada there since December 2005 on a US arrest warrant...
The former US Army commander of military intelligence at Abu Ghraib prison said Wednesday that the Army lacked clear rules regarding the use of dogs during interrogations of Iraqi prisoners. Col. Thomas Pappas [Wikipedia...
Three Russian police officers pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence in connection with the Beslan school hostage crisis on Thursday as their trial opened in southern Russia. Prosecutors say the police failed...
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Thursday ordered the release of two leaders in the Nepali Congress Democratic party who were arrested almost two months ago in a government crackdown on opposition politicians and activists....
Officials in Ethiopia have released another 395 protesters who were detainees after violent mass demonstrations following Ethiopia's May 2005 elections, bringing the total number of protesters released to over 8,200. According to the prosecutor general's office, the...
The New York Times and a former reporter have been subpoenaed by lawyers for former vice-presidential Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to obtain reporter's notes and other information related to...
High-level military attorneys have told Congress that some interrogation methods used at Guantanamo Bay are not consistent with guidelines in the Army Field Manual . In a written response to questions from the...
