Amnesty International Friday condemned Egypt for plans to deport approximately 1,200 detained Eritrean refugees despite the possibility that they may face torture in their home country. The group called for Egypt to allow the UN...
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Egypt deporting Eritrean refugees in violation of UN advisory
Ireland voters reject EU reform treaty
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US Marine refuses to testify about Fallujah killings, is jailed for contempt
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UN rights chief, activists applaud Supreme Court Guantanamo decision
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Rwanda arrests military officers for 1994 genocide involvement
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Canada government introduces tough copyright reform bill
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EU to oversee Kosovo rule of law development: UN SG
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Bush, Mukasey criticize Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo habeas petitions
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Iraq PM says sovereignty violated by proposed US status agreement
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Top UK opposition MP resigns to protest 42-day terrorism detention bill
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Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said Friday that a referendum to ratify the new EU reform treaty has failed, with early results showing 53.4 percent of Irish citizens voting against it . The result could...
A US District Court Judge Thursday ordered US Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan G. Weemer jailed for refusing to testify about the deaths of Iraqi detainees during the Multinational Force-Iraq's November 2004 offensive in Fallujah...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday commended the US Supreme Court for its ruling that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees...
The Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) , the national army of the republic of Rwanda, said Thursday that it has arrested four of its officers in connection with the killings of 13 clergyman and two civilians during the 1994...
Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced new federal copyright legislation in the House of Commons Thursday. The reforms update the existing law by taking into account...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday released a report outlining plans to give the European Union (EU) a greater role in implementing the rule of law in Kosovo. The...
US President George W. Bush Thursday expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court's ruling that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees. Bush pledged that administration...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Friday said that the proposed version of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) , which will govern the legal status of US troops in Iraq beginning in 2009, violates...
The UK shadow Home Secretary resigned his parliamentary seat Thursday in protest at House of Commons passage Wednesday of an anti-terror bill that would allow authorities to detain terror suspects without charge for...
