Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reached an agreement in principle Monday to establish a human rights body as part of the proposed ASEAN Charter, according to an announcement by Singapore Foreign Minister George...
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ASEAN countries reach preliminary agreement on human rights body
UK parliament rights panel skeptical of extending pre-charge terror detention
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Leahy gives Gonzales one week to resolve inconsistent testimony
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Bush urges Congress to update surveillance law
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Thailand anti-coup protest organizers could be detained for weeks: police
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FBI memo contradicts Gonzales Patriot Act testimony: Washington Post
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Australia lifts travel ban for Haneef after prosecutors drop terror charge
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India court sentences another defendant to death in 1993 Mumbai bombings
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Anti-terror bill goes to Bush for signature
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The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights rejected the British government's proposal for an extension of pre-charge detention for terror suspects, saying in a report published Monday that it is "not convinced of the...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Sunday that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may be the subject of a perjury investigation if he does not clear up concerns regarding the truthfulness...
US President George W. Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address that he wants to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to meet threats from terrorists who can now use...
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Thailand may continue to hold eight leaders of last Saturday's anti-coup protest for up to 48 days, a Thai police official told Reuters Saturday. Colonel Supisarn Bhakdinarinath said that police are authorized to hold suspects without charge for 12...
A 2004 FBI memorandum appears to contradict congressional testimony by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales concerning whether he was aware of FBI "abuses" of the USA Patriot Act when he testified...
told reporters Saturday that the Australian government has given Dr. Mohammad Haneef permission to leave Australia, reversing a previous decision to place the former terror suspect under...
An Indian court Friday sentenced to death Yakub Memon, the brother of a man suspected of plotting the 1993 Mumbai bombings [BBC backgrounder, for his role in the attack that killed 257 people and injured more than 700 in...
The US Congress sent an anti-terror bill to President George Bush for signature Friday. The bill, based on recommendations by the 9/11 commission , would transfer funds to states and cities found to...
