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Bush can hold terrorist suspect indefinitely: US court
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that President George W. Bush has the power to keep a terrorist suspect jailed indefinitely,...
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Westminster blasted over rights of asylum seekers
By Rachelle Money | ALEX SALMOND has blasted the home secretary on the UK’s asylum policy, accusing the government...
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U.S. treatment of Khadr may have exceeded military’s own guidelines
By OMAR EL AKKAD | In subjecting Omar Khadr to the so-called “frequent flier program” – a sleep deprivation...
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Many migrant women workers in Saudi treated like slaves
Saudi Arabia should implement labor, immigration, and criminal justice reforms to protect domestic workers from serious human...
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Zimbabwe Government Blocks Aid for Six Million In Need
By Ephraim Nsingo | Sixty-six year old Gogo Lethiwe Ncube gazes at a distant truck cruising towards the Avoca Shopping Centre...
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Are We Pro-Slavery?
By Walter Williams | Let’s do a thought experiment asking whether Americans are for or against slavery. You might...
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Clinton urges Bush to boycott Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged President George W. Bush on Monday to...
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ID card rebels offer £1,000 for Brown’s fingerprints
Jamie Doward, home affairs editor The Observer, Sunday April 6 2008 Two of Britain’s leading civil liberties groups...
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More Sharp Words Traded Over Lapsed Wiretap Law
By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — A new round of political sparring erupted Friday over the government’s wiretapping powers,...
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Bill proposes violent criminals should submit DNA
Meg Bernhardt ANNAPOLIS — A bill to allow officers to take a sample of DNA from people charged with certain violent...
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UK: Mass genetic surveillance
Richard Taylor Britain’s police want to routinely put children as young as five on the National DNA Database (NDNAD), even...
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SOCPA: The GLA’s campaign against Brian Haw
Having failed to get rid of Brian Haw by force the Greater London Authority is trying again by legislation, their responses...
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Watchdog’s threat to 42-day terror law
Alan Travis | The Guardian The government’s own human rights watchdog threatened last night to launch a legal challenge...
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Monk dies from Chinese food blockade
A Buddhist monk died of starvation due to a 12-day blockade of food and water to major monasteries in Lhasa by Chinese forces,...
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Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers
NEW YORK (AP) ― Some workers are doing it at Dunkin’ Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. Employees...
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MoD: British soldiers breached Iraqi’s human rights
British soldiers breached the human rights of an Iraqi who died while in UK custody in Basra more than four years ago, the...
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U.S., Canada violated rights of Gitmo detainee
OTTAWA – The U.S. is violating international norms by holding a Canadian former child soldier at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers...
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In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier
When 27-year-old Ben Allbright returned from Iraq, he was treated like a hero. But he is haunted by the “harsh interrogations”...
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Children in care to get Biometric IDs
Children in care should get school photos and passports, Ministers said yesterday, as they launched plans designed to give...
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Don’t extend DNA database, says minister
The DNA database should probably not be extended and should certainly never become universal, Home Office Minister Tony McNulty...
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Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’
The growing use of biometrics to identify individuals is “insecure and in need of immediate attention,” according...
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Police Censorship of Smash Edo film
Police have intervened across the country to censor ‘On the Verge’ an independent documentary about a campaign...
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Wiretapping’s true danger
History says we should worry less about privacy and more about political spying. As the battle over reforms to the Foreign...
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Panel approves DNA bill testing for convicts
COLUMBIA – South Carolina would make DNA testing available for prisoners who claim they’re innocent under a bill...
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Former UN chief links democracy, human rights
UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali stressed here Wednesday the significance of the close relationship between democracy and defence...




