UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Tuesday urged Afghanistan to reinstate a moratorium on executions . Afghanistan executed 15 prisoners by firing squad Sunday and Arbour said that "the circumstances of the...
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US District Judge Gladys Kessler of the DC District Court has directly intervened to block the transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia, where he faced the threat of torture. In her decision...
The corruption and violence permeating the Nigerian government have reached crisis levels, according to a report issued Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Comparing the behavior of the Nigerian government to a criminal organization,...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Tuesday sentenced two former leaders of Sierra Leone's Civil Defense Forces (CDF) - Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa - to six and eight years...
Pennsylvania's death penalty system is so flawed that it has denied defendants of due process and could result in wrongful executions, the American Bar Association death penalty assessment team said Tuesday. The team's report...
Party allies of opposition leader and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday renewed calls for unconditional talks between Suu Kyi and junta leader Senior General Than Shwe . Members of Suu Kyi's National...
The Rhode Island Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in a case on whether a lesbian couple legally married in Massachusetts has the right to divorce in Rhode Island. In Chambers v. Ormiston [GLAD amicus brief, PDF; additional...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific-Atlanta , 06-43, to determine when a "secondary" actor in securities fraud, such as a...
Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems: The Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Report, An Analysis of Pennsylvania's Death Penalty Laws, procedures, and Practices, American Bar Association, October 9, 2007 [finding that Pennsylvania's death penalty system is so flawed...
A military court in Jordan Tuesday sentenced Dr. Ahmad Oweidi al-Abbadi , a former member of parliament and head of the Jordanian National Movement , to two years in prison after convicting him on...
