An Australian parliamentarian Monday introduced a bill in the Parliament of Australia that would call for the appointment of an independent reviewer to evaluate Australia's counterterrorism laws. Petro Georgiou of the Liberal Party [party...
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Australia MP introduces bill to set independent review of terror laws
UK chief justice blasts Musharraf for undermining rule of law in Pakistan
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Supreme Court agrees to hear broadcast indecency, Confrontation Clause cases
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Egypt appeals court rejects release of opposition leader on medical grounds
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Kenya election violence planned by local leaders: HRW report
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Iraq human rights situation ‘disastrous:’ Amnesty
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Turkish top court may hear case seeking to ban ruling party
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Dalai Lama accuses China of ‘cultural genocide’ in Tibet after protest crackdown
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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers sharply criticized Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a Monday address to the Indian Supreme Court and its bar, saying that Musharraf's ouster...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear eight cases , including FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) , where the Court will review a June 2007 ruling...
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Monday upheld a July 2007 decision refusing to grant medical release to jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour . The court reportedly held that Nour, who suffers from heart...
The violence that wracked Kenya after the nation's disputed 2007 presidential election was carefully organized by "local leaders, politicians, and businessmen from all sides," according to a report released Monday by Human Rights...
The human rights situation in Iraq is "disastrous" five years after the US-led invasion of the country, according to a report from Amnesty International released Monday. According to the report's introduction:Five years after...
The Constitutional Court of Turkey on Monday said it will decide whether to consider a bid to disband the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) within ten days, adding that the...
Exiled Tibetan spiritual and political leader Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on Sunday accused China of committing "cultural genocide" in Tibet, and said he will not call for an end to ongoing...
Newly elected members of the National Assembly of Pakistan took their oaths of office Monday, marking a shift in power to a new majority opposed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharaf . Though neither...
Three former police officers have been convicted and sentenced to jail by a Ukrainian court for their roles in carrying out the murder of prominent Ukraine opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze . Mykola Protasov was sentenced Saturday to 13...
