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23 May 2010, 2:24 pm
[JURIST] BP [official website; JURIST news archive] is balking at an US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] order issued Thursday directing it to find an alternative dispersant [press release] to address the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [official website] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 10:04 am
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] in a statement [press release] released on Friday urged all concerned countries to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, calling it a “violent practice" scarring girls for life [UN news report], endangering their health, depriving them of their rights, and denying them the chance to reach their full potential. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 10:00 pm
Per the USPTO’s press release announcing the report, the report “represents the agency’s firm commitment to keeping pace with this rapidly changing and critical technology. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:53 pm
A skyrocketing number of children are visiting emergency rooms with sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, according to a new study. http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2013/sports-head-injuries-09-30-2013/ The research, conducted by emergency doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, found that emergency visits for sports-related TBI increased 92 percent between 2002 and 2011, according to a press release… [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 1:31 am
[JURIST] At least 1200 people were executed worldwide in 2007, and 88 percent of those executions took place in five countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Tuesday by human rights group Amnesty International. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 2:13 am
[JURIST] Terrorism suspects should be prosecuted in US federal courts [press release] instead of military commissions, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Human Rights First [advocacy website]. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 10:43 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday condemned [press release] the recent violence [BBC report] in the town of Baga in northeastern Nigeria committed by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 11:18 am
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan released [press release] a report [text, DOC] Friday identifying 43 high-profile military personnel who may be responsible for war crimes. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 9:40 pm
[JURIST] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston South Carolina [diocesan website] has agreed [press release, PDF] to set aside $12 million to compensate victims and relatives of victims of clergy sex abuse [JURIST news archive] going back before 1980, according to a statement released by the diocese Friday. [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 3:46 pm
Doss made the statement after MUNOC announced [press release] that it had received "credible reports" that civilians had been targeted by militia [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 3:00 am
[JURIST] An international convention is needed to protect the victims of organ, tissue, and cell (OTC) trafficking, according to a new report [text, PDF; press release] released Tuesday by the Council of Europe (COE) [official website] and the UN. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 10:03 am
[JURIST] More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Tuesday, the first time such a report has been made public. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 10:28 am
[JURIST] The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) [advocacy website] urged [press release] the government of Oman on Tuesday to stop arresting protesters and other activists who are calling for political reform. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 2:10 am
1-24-2010 Indiana:PENDLETON - The Pendleton Correctional Facility was put on lockdown Saturday afternoon after an inmate fatally stabbed another inmate, according to authorities.The prison said in a press release that Charles L. [read post]
19 Mar 2017, 1:36 pm
On Friday the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund [official website] (UNICEF) released a statement [press release] on the effects of the EU-Turkey Statement [materials] on immigrant and refugee children. [read post]
15 Aug 2007, 12:34 pm
There's a press release and everything. [read post]
14 Sep 2006, 2:10 am
[JURIST] Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees face deportation and human rights abuses in Libya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in a new report [text; press release] released Wednesday. [read post]
1 Dec 2006, 1:10 am
The study documents the cases of over 40 people [AI press release [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 7:07 am
[JURIST] Thousands of interrogations of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been videotaped, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Thursday by professors and students at Seton Hall University School of Law [university website]. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 5:04 am
[JURIST] The legitimacy of military commissions of Guantanamo Bay detainees will be undermined by "the admission of evidence tainted by torture," according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Monday by Human Rights First [advocacy website]. [read post]
