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29 May 2015, 9:44 am
McCrory released a statement [press release] saying that "No public official who voluntarily swears to support... [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 2:08 am
[JURIST] Claims of clergy sex abuse [JURIST news archive] levied against the US Roman Catholic Church decreased for the second year in a row and recent cases involving claimants under age 18 have dropped significantly, according to an annual report [PDF text; press release] released Wednesday by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops [official website]. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 1:15 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics [official website] announced Wednesday that the US prison and jail population, already the largest in the world, increased by 2.8 percent to reach over 2.2 million prisoners in 2006 [press release]. [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 1:19 am
[JURIST] Humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip [BBC backgrounder] have reached their lowest point since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a report [press release; PDF report] released Thursday by a coalition of eight UK-based human rights groups. [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 1:27 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea [JURIST news archive] Vitit Muntarbhorn [UN appointment release] said Monday that he found there to be a "broad range of egregious human rights violations" [press release] in the country. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 10:19 am
The report, which analyzes the human rights situation in Iraq [press release] throughout the year 2010, is based on information from UN and government agencies and civil society, as well as research gathered through direct monitoring. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 9:12 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] on Monday announced the transfer [press release] of two Guantanamo detainees to Senegal. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 11:25 am
[JURIST] The Council of Europe [official website] released [press release, PDF] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks's observations on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan on Wednesday revealing human rights issues including: freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association and the right to property. [read post]
8 May 2009, 12:31 am
[JURIST] Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday announced [press release] the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," which would require approval from a state's governor and legislature before Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees could be transferred or released into it. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 10:19 am
[JURIST] Palestinian detainees have been subjected to "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment," and at times torture by Israel's Shin Bet Security Agency in violation of international and domestic law, according to a report [text, PDF, press release] released Tuesday by human rights groups B'Tselem and HaMoked [advocacy websites]. [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 12:54 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] on Saturday announced the repatriation [press release] of four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Afghanistan. [read post]
26 Aug 2005, 1:10 am
[JURIST] The US Defense Department Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Service Academies released its report [PDF text; press release] Thursday, announcing that, despite some progress, hostile attitudes and inappropriate treatment of women persist at the US Military Academy [official website] at West Point and the Naval Academy [official website] in Annapolis, Maryland. [read post]
13 Feb 2006, 5:15 am
[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website; BBC backgrounder] found that Greece failed to implement or comply with EU directives in twenty cases in 2005, the most of all European Union [official website] member states, according to statistics [press release, PDF] released Monday by the court. [read post]
6 Nov 2006, 1:31 am
[JURIST] Iraq, Haiti, Guinea, and Myanmar rank as the world's most corrupt nations in 2006 according to the latest annual Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index [corruption index; press release] released Monday. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 10:45 am
[JURIST] UNl Special Rapporteur David Kaye [official profile] called on [press release] Thai authorities Tuesday to cease using royal defamation laws to counter free speech that is critical of the royal family. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 10:56 am
[JURIST] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) [official backgrounder] Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF; ACLU press release] against publicly releasing documents regarding the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive], finding that the documents deal with national security secrets. [read post]
26 May 2017, 6:52 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] voiced concern [UN press release] on Wednesday over the treatment of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 8:09 am
The report, which is to be debated [Reuters report] by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] in Geneva on March 17, includes excerpts of witness testimony [press release] taken from the statements of more than 80 victims and witnesses in South Korea, Japan,... [read post]
12 May 2006, 8:42 am
[JURIST] A new report by the Irish Human Rights Commission [advocacy website] released [press release] Friday has found that Ireland may be in breach of international human rights laws because the country does not currently recognize same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 May 2007, 1:32 pm
[JURIST] Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan condemned [press release] the United States and other "Western democratic states" Wednesday for what she characterized as attempts "to roll back some fundamental principles of human rights" in their efforts to fight terrorism. [read post]
