The Maine Senate voted 21-14 in favor of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in the state. The vote split mainly along party lines, with only one Democrat voting against the measure....
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Europe rights court holds Russia liable for for Chechen abductions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday issued rulings in four cases ordering Russia to pay a total of 282,000 to compensate six families who claimed government agents abducted their Chechen relatives between...
Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen death
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russia is liable for the death of an ethnic Chechen at the hands of Russian forces in 2000, finding Russia in violation of the European...
JURIST Guest Columnist Marc Falkoff of Northern Illinois University College of Law says that recent release orders, statements by some military lawyers and judges, and the military's own admission of detention mistakes all confirm that the only way for the...
Europe court orders Russia to compensate families for Chechen disappearances
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled on six Chechnya disappearance cases , ordering Russia to pay a total of 320,000 to the relatives of the victims. In each case, the applicants, all Russian...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to adopt a series of specific human rights benchmarks Russia should meet before moving forward with the EU-Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement...
US Senate votes to approve nuclear cooperation agreement with India
The US Senate voted Wednesday to approve legislation establishing a cooperative nuclear energy agreement with India. The bill, entitled the "United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act," was approved by a vote of...
Sudan court gives death sentence to rebels convicted of Khartoum terrorist attack
A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced eight Darfur rebels to death, including the half brother of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim. Abdul Aziz Ashur and others were found guilty on charges related to a...
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr released an excerpt Tuesday of a 2003 interrogation of Khadr conducted by Canadian officials, marking the first time Guantanamo interrogation footage has been available to...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
