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[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA [order, PDF] to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the agency to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST news... [full story]

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[JURIST] Vietnam will prosecute two anti-Communist activists on "terrorism" charges for distributing literature critical of the government, a government spokesperson said Thursday. The men are members of US-based rights group Viet Tan, which has denied.... [more]
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Michael Siem [lawyer for Jack Alderman, Clifford Chance]: "In applying the US Supreme Court's holding in Baze v. Rees [last week], Judge Martin found the Georgia Lethal Injection Procedures constitutional despite the Procedures' failure to provide the safeguards required by the plurality opinion. Accordingly, Mr. Alderman intends to appeal. Specifically, Georgia's Procedures are flawed even ...." [more]


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