Two independent UN human rights experts noted Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by calling on the international community to find solutions to the persistent exclusion of Roma denizens from larger society in all countries. "Pharrajimos" is observed...
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UN rights experts urge wider acceptance of Roma communities
UN concerned over Liberia draft law criminalizing homosexuality
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UN general assembly passes resolution condemning Syria
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UN rights office urges Sudan to investigate violence against Darfur protesters
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DOJ: undocumented immigrants should not be allowed to practice law in US
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Mladic’s cousin admits hiding accused war criminal for five years
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Colombia transfers inmates to solve prison overcrowding problem
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Brazil court orders Chevron to suspend drilling in light of oil spills
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Iraq court rejects transfer of Hezbollah commander to US
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Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed concern about draft legislation that would criminalize homosexual behavior in Liberia . The bill provides for fines...
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on Friday criticizing the Syrian government for increasing its use of heavy weapons and calling on both sides of the conflict to stop fighting. The non-binding resolution, which...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged Sudan to initiate an investigation into allegations of excessive force by government security forces against protesters...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief on Thursday with the California Supreme Court arguing that undocumented immigrants should not be able to practice law in the US even if they...
A cousin of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic has admitted that he hid the accused war criminal in his house for five years, according to a local news agency. Branislav Mladic stated...
The Colombia Ministry of Justice on Friday announced a new initiative to solve the problem of overcrowding in the nation's prisons. INPEC , Colombia's prison institute, has begun the transfer of 800 inmates [Columbia...
A federal court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered Chevron and drilling company Transocean to suspend all oil drilling in Brazil within 30 days in the wake of two oil spills off the coast of Rio de Janeiro....
An Iraqi court on Thursday rejected a US extradition request for Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq. The court also ruled that Daqduq should be released immediately from his house arrest. In May an Iraqi...
Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the...
