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- Rights Group Pushes SIERRA LEONE to Ban Death Penalty http://t.co/9ADEU3NoxQ
- Iran Releases Report on US Human Rights Violations http://t.co/MJhE5HcnGO
- US: Backing in G.O.P. for Legal Status for Immigrants http://t.co/hN8PHGY0tt
- TURKEY: Minority Legal Rights to Be Discussed at Istanbul Conference http://t.co/RnysnStOXC
- Fugitive man who went on run in burka wins legal aid http://t.co/MZD37xuQTq
- Mansfield call off signing plans due to legal action against the club and cost incurred http://t.co/7o2Ee8sH3E
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- Lawyer: BAHRAIN court lifts travel ban against head of country's main opposition group http://t.co/dw2atiY1Dl
- Lawyer: Parental kidnap to Canada case involves former US same-sex partners http://t.co/FwkCuru39N
- INDONESIA: Courts Beginning to Convict Palm Oil Companies for Clearing Forests http://t.co/zXZfJfgQkP
- INDIA: Kerala high court stays vigilance court's order against palmolein case withdrawal http://t.co/sQw6EYHLSn
- US: Trial starts in girl’s alleged “waterboarding” by pediatrician http://t.co/zYhVVTkPYz
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- Dunsby illegal rave not stopped 'for 15 hours' http://t.co/mfGR64JJZk
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- US: Linden judge reprimanded by the Supreme Court for 'egregious' legal errors http://t.co/ep8FCSXbSc
- African Union lauds KENYA judiciary for quashing refugee ejection http://t.co/U0JTe1s1gS
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- GHANA: Two magistrates and a circuit court judge were dismissed last year from the judiciary for misconduct http://t.co/3O4bCjHrjR
- Wealthy Chinese investors driving increase in 'investor visas' issued by UK, says expert http://t.co/455OomYNKl
- Why the Nordic Model of Prostitution Does Not Work http://t.co/CDzuMsTRqv
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- INDIA: Law Commission to hold consultations on electoral reforms http://t.co/4wFFBvk4S5
- Turbulent period in the legal sector as a whole, and conveyancing services have been no exception http://t.co/mGOoEpFKwZ
- Symposium: The UK Constitution - In Search of Constitutionalism http://t.co/yZWVgjFcKF
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers & Hamlins chalks up 100 per cent retention | The Lawyer http://t.co/iFzi7jd2Cg
- FBI hires investment management GC to lead in-house team | The Lawyer http://t.co/jMCadAkYkD
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- A&O's Wickenden heads to Hong Kong to steer US securities practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/u9zMh2vENk
- Land Registry: Privatisation plans for a critical national asset could create a monster | Law Society Gazette http://t.co/BqufJYqLSH
- Blame culture? Then blame the negligent | Law Gazette http://t.co/CqggUskQr0
- Advocacy assurance timetable extended | Law Gazette http://t.co/q2yXeTGF7e
- RBS sets aside £1.9bn litigation war chest | Law Gazette http://t.co/yE7drHa4aq
- Legal aid lawyers form new group to oppose cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/ngYC71CL0j
- AUSTRALIA's Attorney General George Brandis won't say if citizen's fighting in Syria will lose citizenship http://t.co/REeroaHF3R
- PHILIPPINES police played 'wheel of torture' game to extract information http://t.co/SzbEWd0ngy
- Labour grandees back right to family life amendment to immigration bill http://t.co/S3hIhkFC6h
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- PAKISTAN: Concern as Malala book launch cancelled in Peshawar http://t.co/3ox0ToBxQ4
- Met Police custody healthcare a 'major problem' http://t.co/4WHV41f2pg
- Mikaeel Kular: Mother returns to court http://t.co/rx6dSugoNR
- Medomsley Detention Centre: Sixty-six calls after TV report http://t.co/DQpQqODDrq
- Able readers damaged by phonics, academic says http://t.co/hGe1FLekGF
- Bhutto son urges PAKISTAN military action on Taliban http://t.co/PiPz4OphiB
- BALKANS: Mladic refuses to testify for Karadzic at ICTY trial http://t.co/Xk7AXu6EoY
- EGYPT ex-President Morsi jail escape trial begins http://t.co/Qxk2LPTMU7
- William Roache trial: Coronation Street actor 'never met' accusers http://t.co/t397aA7VXy
- UKRAINE crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law http://t.co/sD3DZw0iYk
- Royal overspend prompts call to open palace doors http://t.co/FYsI9Do9uz
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
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- Medomsley young offenders centre: over 140 alleged victims of abuse have come forward http://t.co/MfdMioID8V
- Mohammed Asghar case: Hopes rise that mentally ill British pensioner may escape death sentence in Pakistan http://t.co/oJdZA4tCCO
- I hacked 200 phones for NOTW, says ex-reporter Dan Evans http://t.co/6mdfoRiA7U
- Palamon makes further ‘multimillion’ investment in Quality Solicitors | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/UBHI4cXRog
- IRELAND: Law Society warns about fake solicitor http://t.co/olR3myGTGc
- CANADA: Hryniak v. Mauldin Promotes Access to Justice Through Summary Judgments http://t.co/1oEJzV0JsN
- KENYA: Kenyatta at the ICC: Is Justice Deferred, Justice Denied? http://t.co/bJXwIvxv5o
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- GHANA: Justice Atuguba changed the 2012 election judgement – opposition laments http://t.co/9LTGemuFtV
- KENYA: Chief Justice Willy Mutunga forms advisory council to boost administration of justice http://t.co/Rw3FYyLr1x
- ISRAEL defence computers hit by hack attack http://t.co/voTDzqotv4
- Peru-Chile border redrawn by UN court at The Hague http://t.co/HY9r9ytOxD
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- William Roache acquitted of one of seven abuse charges http://t.co/RJKTr4unn6
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- UKRAINE 'to scrap' anti-protest law http://t.co/PbWw2X3tcm
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- First the Ashes, now the solicitors' PII market - Aussie insurer grabs biggest share | Legal Futures http://t.co/LvlONPDDFj
- SRA faces 'timebomb' of risk from foreign lawyers, says Italian who learnt from rule breaches | Legal Futures http://t.co/XfQLeot4Tf
- Sunday Mirror 'carried out phone hacking on grand scale' http://t.co/WNfoO2um97
- Row over legal aid for on the run terror suspect http://t.co/RAnZ8FylNI
- Northern CYPRUS votes to legalise gay sex http://t.co/qZKLEC18iJ
- Fighting sexual and domestic slavery 'requires help of European agencies' http://t.co/Asl4Diq0IA
- Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over Hateful Eight film script leak http://t.co/nALuYe2r2U
- US: Stephen Glass refused admission to California state bar in court ruling http://t.co/sDprOQNUCZ
- NHS faces £24m bill after glue injected into girl's brain at Great Ormond Street http://t.co/F6oyRNj0Af
- US: Tech giants reach White House deal on NSA surveillance of customer data http://t.co/U1QTSZww4V
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Travis Perkins hires Lafarge’s Grimason as GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/JOGsuSXsRo
- Protection of pattern trademarks from non-use cancellation in China | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/Dj5giq0ioK
- Suicide concern rises over lawyers | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/b7jVCzJ5qC
- Lawyer at centre of Ukraine negotiations | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/5jqmxTqsgA
- Other activists go on trial as Chinese sends lawyer to jail | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/8aAY1unewY
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- Securities class-actions on the rise | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/BeMq2rYni5
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- Singapore proposes new law firm regulator | The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/ntJ77jaKNO
- New MoJ data shows further collapse in mediation numbers http://t.co/pVFCFbMqLx
- Phone-hacking trial: Ex-journalist admits phone hacking http://t.co/Qos1INhW4K
- Submission to the International Criminal Court on British Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq http://t.co/FCDChzcoAW
- INDIA: Political activists learn how to defend human rights http://t.co/pKZzDlYyN2
- Does transitional justice protect human rights? http://t.co/nV8M7HLQB8
- AUSTRALIA: NSW Alcohol laws are bad for our rights and bad for the law http://t.co/Wp3xHdza6V
- ECUADOR abandoning high standard of defending Rights of Nature http://t.co/R0sbUoN7h8
- SWAZILAND: Women’s rights to life must be respected at all times http://t.co/BaOlgLcgDC
- European Court Of Human Rights Fast-tracks Case Against GCHQ; More Organizations Launch Legal Challenges To UK Spying http://t.co/ibJwXSPgJs
- US: Human Rights Coalition sues prison officials for censoring political dissent and human rights advocacy http://t.co/3swl4K4yeF
- Studying women's rights in ARAB world through sex http://t.co/pwoXDAZqoB
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- EGYPT Rights groups: 36 violations against journalists on 25 Jan http://t.co/bEaWmHzBQW
- THAILAND: Action by the People's Democratic Reform Committee to prevent the right to vote is indefensible http://t.co/HvL2B8VsJN
