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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]
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]
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]
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]
18 Oct 2017, 2:00 pm
Read the press release and the full report below: 17_1018 European Commission Privacy Shield Report (PDF) 17_1018 European Commission Privacy Shield Report (Text) [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]
14 Nov 2010, 7:00 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Saturday criticized the Azerbaijani Supreme Court [press release] for failing to order the release of imprisoned journalist Enyulla Fatullayev in violation of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website]. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 7:15 am
[JURIST] The US Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday demanded [press release] the prompt release of a US man who it believes has been illegally arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis, arguing the man qualifies for diplomatic immunity. [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]
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]
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]
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]
4 Jun 2014, 7:28 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] called [press release] on Chinese authorities Tuesday to release activists that have been detained for "creating a disturbance" by discussing the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. [read post]
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]
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]
20 Nov 2011, 10:26 am
The summary highlights a number of options [press release] available to policymakers to decrease the risk of disasters as well as to lessen their impact in areas that have historically been more vulnerable than others. [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]
15 Jan 2015, 9:19 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] called Thursday for the release of three anti-slavery activists [press release] who were jailed in Mauritania. [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]
30 Mar 2012, 9:18 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Friday urged [press release] the Bahraini government to release Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment [JURIST report; BBC report] last year by a military court, so that he does not die as a result of his 50 day hunger strike. [read post]
