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Morocco: Address Unfair Convictions in Mass Terror Trial

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 29/12/2009

(New York) - The Moroccan court currently hearing the appeal of 35 people convicted on terrorism-related charges should address allegations that confessions were falsified or obtained through torture and other violations of their right to a fair trial, Human Rights Watch and Adala, a Moroccan organ ...

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Beef Group Takes EPA to Court Over Endangerment Ruling

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/12/2009

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, fearing potential penalties related to greenhouse gas emissions, has filed a challenge to EPA’s endangerment finding on GHG gases.The petition, filed Dec. 23 in the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals, said that EPA climate regulations ...

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Colombia: Caquetá Governor Abducted and Killed

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 23/12/2009

(Washington, DC) - The killing of a state governor points up the cruel tactics of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, who target and often kill civilians in Colombia's internal armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.  read more

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United States: Senate Should Act on Rape Investigations

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 14/12/2009

(New York) - The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing tomorrow on the backlog of untested DNA evidence in rape cases across the nation should move the United States closer to addressing the issue, Human Rights Watch said. Thousands of sets of evidence, called "rape kits," sit untested in po ...

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Whos To Blame For Climate Change – Will A Jury Decide?

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/12/2009

Courts are grappling with the tough legal and policy questions posed by current large-scale climate change litigation across the country. In recent months, federal courts have issued three significant decisions about the viability of nuisance claims relating to climate change impacts.Two appella ...

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