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Nepal War Crime Laws May Grant Amnesty To Civil War Offenders: Lawyers
Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights lawyers warned Thursday.
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Indian-American Seema Nanda Is New Solicitor For US Labour Department
The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Seema Nanda For Solicitor In Labour Department
US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Indian-American civil rights lawyer and labour advocate Seema Nanda for the post of Solicitor of the Department of Labour.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Donald Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen To Invoke 5th Amendment Rights In Stormy Daniels Case
US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday he would assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges having had a sexual encounter with Trump.
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'Stop Victimization Of Prof. Nivedita Menon Of JNU': Academics, Artists, Activists Write To President Ram Nath Kovind
A petition signed by more than 1800 academics, artists, lawyers, journalists, and civil rights activists from around the world has been sent to President of India demanding to stop the to stop the victimization of Prof Nivedita Menon Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Rights Group Tries To Fight White House Effort To Obtain Anti-Trump Protesters' Facebook Data
A civil rights group on Thursday launched a bid to prevent White House lawyers from obtaining private data of possibly thousands of Facebook users via search warrants linked to anti-Trump protests.
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China Begins Trial Of Rights Lawyer For 'Subversion Of State Power'
China began the trial of rights lawyer Xie Yang for "subversion of state power" and "disrupting court order" on Monday, a city court said on social media, a case that has drawn international concern amid claims Xie was tortured in jail.
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Why A R Rahman And Several Others Are Sharing This Viral Video
A poignant and thought-provoking speech by civil rights lawyer and Sikh activist Valarie Kaur is making waves online. At a time when many are protesting US President Donald Trump's immigration ban, this speech will give people some hope. Originally from an event held on December 31, days before Trump's inauguration, the speech has gone viral. Oscar...
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Lawsuit Seeks To End 'We Shall Overcome' Copyright
Lawyers are seeking to put "We Shall Overcome," the emblematic song of the US civil rights movement, in the public realm after successfully fighting the copyright of "Happy Birthday to You."
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UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.
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John Doar, Ex-Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 92
John Doar, who as a top US Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and integrate universities in the South, died Tuesday at age 92.
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Nepal War Crime Laws May Grant Amnesty To Civil War Offenders: Lawyers
Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights lawyers warned Thursday.
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Indian-American Seema Nanda Is New Solicitor For US Labour Department
The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Seema Nanda For Solicitor In Labour Department
US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Indian-American civil rights lawyer and labour advocate Seema Nanda for the post of Solicitor of the Department of Labour.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Donald Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen To Invoke 5th Amendment Rights In Stormy Daniels Case
US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday he would assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges having had a sexual encounter with Trump.
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'Stop Victimization Of Prof. Nivedita Menon Of JNU': Academics, Artists, Activists Write To President Ram Nath Kovind
A petition signed by more than 1800 academics, artists, lawyers, journalists, and civil rights activists from around the world has been sent to President of India demanding to stop the to stop the victimization of Prof Nivedita Menon Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Rights Group Tries To Fight White House Effort To Obtain Anti-Trump Protesters' Facebook Data
A civil rights group on Thursday launched a bid to prevent White House lawyers from obtaining private data of possibly thousands of Facebook users via search warrants linked to anti-Trump protests.
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China Begins Trial Of Rights Lawyer For 'Subversion Of State Power'
China began the trial of rights lawyer Xie Yang for "subversion of state power" and "disrupting court order" on Monday, a city court said on social media, a case that has drawn international concern amid claims Xie was tortured in jail.
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Why A R Rahman And Several Others Are Sharing This Viral Video
A poignant and thought-provoking speech by civil rights lawyer and Sikh activist Valarie Kaur is making waves online. At a time when many are protesting US President Donald Trump's immigration ban, this speech will give people some hope. Originally from an event held on December 31, days before Trump's inauguration, the speech has gone viral. Oscar...
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Lawsuit Seeks To End 'We Shall Overcome' Copyright
Lawyers are seeking to put "We Shall Overcome," the emblematic song of the US civil rights movement, in the public realm after successfully fighting the copyright of "Happy Birthday to You."
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UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.
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John Doar, Ex-Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 92
John Doar, who as a top US Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and integrate universities in the South, died Tuesday at age 92.
