Some Lawyers Urge More Safeguards On Rights In Corporate Fraud Cases Lawmakers are questioning whether recently revised guidelines protect the confidentiality of legal communications and the right to legal counsel.... Read Full Article Vioxx Damage Award A judge reversed himself and awarded $1.6 million to a former F.B.I. agent who blamed the drug for his heart attack.... Read Full Article A Coalition For Firm Limit On Emissions Ten companies have banded with environmental groups to call for a nationwide cap on carbon dioxide emissions.... Read Full Article A War Game Supposes Scarce And Risky Oil In an effort to push energy reform to the top of America’s agenda, two groups staged a complex role-playing game that dramatizes the impact of American dependence on imported oil.... Read Full Article Square Feet: AIDS Research Gets A Home At Brooklyn Army Terminal The city and state plan to make the Brooklyn Army Terminal a home for new bioscience ventures.... Read Full Article |
Coerced NewsOkinawans Protest Japan’s Plan to Revise Bitter Chapter of World War IIIn new high school textbooks, the Japanese government is now denying that Okinawans had been coerced by troops into committing mass suicide during World War II.Read Full Article World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Teenager Admits Killing JournalistA 17-year-old accused in the shooting death in January of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist, admitted killing him at his trial in Ankara but expressed remorse and said he had been under the influence of the drug Ecstasy. The defendant, Ogun Samast, an unemployed high school dropout, also said he had been coerced by one of his co-defendants. He ended his testimony saying that he would not have killed Mr. Dink if he had known that the journalist had a family. Mr. Dink’s widow, daughter and brother were in the courtroom. A total of 18 suspects are on trial for the killing. The judge scheduled the next hearing for Feb. 11.Read Full Article World Briefing | Asia: China: Legal Rights Advocate on TrialA legal rights organizer who helped peasants protest local officials in Guangdong Province was put on trial on charges of illegal business activity. The organizer, Guo Feixiong, had repeatedly called on China’s Communist Party leadership to liberalize the political system. His wife and supporters in the international human rights community said that Mr. Guo had been tortured in custody and that the police had coerced him to confess to a nonpolitical crime. No verdict was announced.Read Full Article World Briefing | Asia: Japan: New Inquiry Into Sex SlaveryPrime Minister Shinzo Abe said that lawmakers of his party would conduct a new investigation into Japan’s World War II-era sex slaves and that the government would cooperate. The issue gained new prominence a week ago when Mr. Abe said no evidence existed to prove that Japanese soldiers had coerced the foreign women. A 1993 government statement acknowledged the military’s role.Read Full Article World Briefing | Asia: China: Report Says Ethnic Muslim ExecutedChina executed an ethnic Muslim from the country’s restive far western region who was accused of separatist activities, according to Radio Free Asia. China did not confirm the execution of the man, Ismail Semed. Human rights groups condemned the execution because they said the prosecution’s case against him lacked evidence and his confession might have been coerced. Mr. Semed, a member of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang, was shot to death Thursday after being convicted in 2005 of trying to ’split the motherland.? Chinese authorities say militants among the Uighurs are leading a violent Islamic separatist movement. Critics accuse Beijing of using claims of terrorism as an excuse to crack down on peaceful pro-independence sentiment.Read Full Article External News for: coercedSenate rejects inquiry on Scientology - The AgeNEWS.com.auSenate rejects inquiry on ScientologyThe Age... including claims of coerced abortions, deceptive conduct in fund-raising activities and harassment of followers and ex-followers. ...Australian Senate rejects Scientology inquiry callThe Associated PressScientologists reject claims they forced abortionsSydney Morning HeraldScientology inquiry fails againABC OnlineHerald Sunall 203 news articles »Senate rejects inquiry on Scientology - The AgeNEWS.com.auSenate rejects inquiry on ScientologyThe Age... including claims of coerced abortions, deceptive conduct in fund-raising activities and harassment of followers and ex-followers. ...Australian Senate rejects Scientology inquiry callThe Associated PressScientologists reject claims they forced abortionsSydney Morning HeraldScientology inquiry fails againABC OnlineHerald Sunall 203 news articles »Guatemala to resume int'l adoptions in June - The Associated PressGuatemala to resume int'l adoptions in JuneThe Associated PressAuthorities suspended adoptions after discovering evidence some babies had been stolen, others had fake birth certificates, and women were being coerced to ...and more »Senate rejects inquiry on Scientology - The AgeNEWS.com.auSenate rejects inquiry on ScientologyThe Age... including claims of coerced abortions, deceptive conduct in fund-raising activities and harassment of followers and ex-followers. ...Australian Senate rejects Scientology inquiry callThe Associated PressScientologists reject claims they forced abortionsSydney Morning HeraldScientology inquiry fails againABC OnlineHerald Sunall 203 news articles »Guatemala to resume int'l adoptions in June - The Associated PressGuatemala to resume int'l adoptions in JuneThe Associated PressAuthorities suspended adoptions after discovering evidence some babies had been stolen, others had fake birth certificates, and women were being coerced to ...and more »Suspect cleared in stabbing files lawsuit - WCAXSuspect cleared in stabbing files lawsuitWCAXIn the suit, Clay claims witnesses were coerced and that authorities threatened him with physical harm and decades in jail if he didn't admit to the crime. ...and more » |
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