The European Parliament Thursday urged Senegal to provide for a fair trial of former Chad President Hissene Habre , either in Senegal or through extradition to Belgium, which has issued an international arrest warrant through its amended 2003 universal jurisdiction laws. In a resolution , the parliament also asked the African Union to ensure Senegal [...]

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Four Republican Senators introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize but limit warrantless domestic surveillance of US citizens. Sponsored by Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio with Olympia Snowe of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, the Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 would not, in DeWine's words, give the President a [...]

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Israeli human rights group B'Tselem and the Israel chapter of Physicians for Human Rights Thursday accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of violating international law by allowing the press to photograph Palestinian detainees seized in Tuesday's Jericho prison raid virtually naked, clad only in their underwear. They made the allegation in a letter to Military [...]

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Carla Martin, the Transportation Security Administration lawyer who improperly coached witnesses against defendant Zacarias Moussaoui in his September 11 sentencing trial, was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday. According to trial judge Leonie Brinkema, Martin egregiously violated federal rules when she sent witnesses e-mails about their upcoming testimony that disclosed parts of the government's case [...]

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Adrian Severin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus , censured the Belarusian government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday for a series of allegedly abusive tactics ahead of Sunday's presidential elections. Severin appealed for the release of Lukashenko's political opponents and activists, including candidate aides, opposition supporters, and members [...]

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