Two Pakistani bar leaders warned Sunday that the government of President Pervez Musharraf is drafting papers to get Musharraf's declaration of emergency and Provisional Constitution Order validated by the new Supreme Court put in place by Musharraf after proclaiming emergency rule. Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Hamid Khan and Vice Chairperson of the Pakistan [...]

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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Paulo Sergio Pinheiro flew into Myanmar on Sunday to investigate the military government's crackdown on protesters going on since September. Pinheiro's trip comes three weeks after the junta in Myanmar agreed to allow the UN rights expert into the country. He has been blocked from visiting Myanmar since 2003. [...]

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Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance, UN University – Institute of Advanced Studies, November 10, 2007 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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United Nations researchers called for a global ban on human cloning in a report issued Saturday. The United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies did not call for a ban on all types of cloning, recommending that therapeutic cloning for research purpose be allowed to continue, but did strongly recommend the outlawing of reproductive cloning. [...]

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Saturday promulgated an amending ordinance to the Army Act of 1952 allowing military courts to try civilians on a wide-range of charges ranging from treason to "assaulting the president." The act as amended also gives Pakistani security agencies wide powers of detention. The ordinance is to take effect immediately but be [...]

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Malaysian police Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators participating in an unauthorised election reform rally held by the electoral rights group Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH) in the face of official warnings. BERSIH said 23 people were arrested. Marchers managed to reach the National Palace of Malaysia , where they [...]

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