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4 Sep 2007, 1:36 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Tuesday released new documents describing crimes committed by US soldiers against civilians [press release; document log] in Iraq and Afghanistan which show a pattern of US troops failing to follow the laws of interrogations and deadly actions, but also a pattern of troops believing they were in fact following the law in [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 12:02 pm
[JURIST] The Washington Office of the Secretary of State [official website] on Monday released [press release] the names of 137,500 people who signed petitions for Referendum 71 (R-71), opposing domestic partnerships, after a federal judge lifted the injunction and granted summary judgment [opinion, PDF] to defendants. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 8:30 am
Arroyo expressed [press release] her appreciation of the decision saying, "I sincerely hope that everyone will respect and recognize the... [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 8:32 am
[JURIST] The Ukrainian Parliament [official website] voted Friday to delay debate [press release] on a draft law that would change the way the criminal code punishes economic and administrative crimes and could result in the release of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 10:14 am
A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Bahrain [press release] government to release the peaceful politician Sheikh Ali Salman. [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 10:23 am
A group of UN human rights experts on Monday demanded the immediate release [press release] of five foreign-national detainees that have been held by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [BBC backgrounder] for the past 18 months. [read post]
26 May 2010, 9:52 am
Judge Jessica Leon Yarango cited [press release, in Spanish] good behavior, Berenson's renunciation of violence, and the completion of "re-education, rehabilitation and re-socialization," in deciding to grant parole. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 1:49 pm
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official websites] jointly released [press release] a report [text, PDF] on Thursday, detailing the staggering amount of human rights abuses that have occurred under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive]. [read post]
13 May 2016, 11:55 am
The UN stated that it has received reports [press release] that the protesters, who were detained "for simply having exercised their rights to freedom of expression, opinion and assembly," have been tortured, denied medical care and denied visitation from family members. [read post]
10 Feb 2008, 3:27 am
Yu and his colleague Li Minying [ICPC profile] were both convicted [CPJ press release] in 2004 for embezzlement, bribery and corruption. [read post]
21 Jun 2018, 2:55 pm
In a brief statement [press release], Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who spearheaded the investigation, said, "[m]y legal team and... [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 2:56 am
[JURIST] US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] has released [advocacy group press release] Arab activist Sami Al-Arian [JURIST news archive] after five years in federal custody. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 2:54 am
[JURIST] The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice [official website, in Spanish] on Wednesday ordered the release [press release, in Spanish] of 20 men and the retrial of 6 others convicted in connection with the 1997 massacre in Acteal, Chiapas [AI backgrounder] of 45 rebel sympathizers at a Catholic prayer meeting. [read post]
14 Nov 2015, 10:11 am
[JURIST] Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Friday granted early release [decision, PDF; press release] to convicted war criminal Germain Katanga from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 1:59 am
[JURIST] The US State Department [official website] released [press release] Monday its commitments and pledges [text; PDF] as part of its campaign to gain a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website]. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 3:18 pm
[JURIST] United Nations Secretary General Ban Kim Moon [official website] on Friday urged [press release] Israel to release Palestinian administrative detainees over fears of failing health in a hunger strike. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:49 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Monday urged the US and the UK to work towards the release [press release] of the last British Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee, Shaker Aamer, whom AI claims is being arbitrarily detained. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 7:42 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Monday demanded [press release] that Louisiana state officials immediately release former Black Panther Albert Woodfox [AI backgrounder], who has been detained in solitary confinement since 1972 after being charged and convicted of fatally stabbing a prison guard. [read post]
18 Jun 2010, 11:10 am
[JURIST] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [official website] on Thursday released a report [text, PDF; press release] detailing the globalization of organized crime [JURIST report] and its threat to international security. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 8:32 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [official website] on Sunday demanded [press release] that China immediately release protesters who have been imprisoned since the self-immolation of two Tibetan men in Lhasa late last month. [read post]
