Legal News – Newsletter for December 20, 2010

Assange’s lawyers mad over leaked report detailing his rape charges

NEW YORK – WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange’s lawyers and supporters are furious over someone leaking the confidential police report detailing graphic rape allegations against him.

According to the Australian newspaper, Assange’s Swedish lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, plans to lodge a formal complaint and demand that Swedish cops investigate how such sensitive material was leaked.

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50 dead in Ivory Coast as human rights abuses grow: UN

NEW YORK/GENEVA/PARIS – More than 50 people have been killed and “massive violations of human rights” have taken place in Ivory Coast since Thursday, the UN human rights chief said Sunday as the West African nation swings closer to civil war.

Ivory Coast faces growing unrest as Laurent Gbagbo, backed by the army, resists international …. Source article  : 50 dead in Ivory Coast as human rights abuses grow: UN.

China paying Nepal to nab Tibetan refugees: WikiLeaks

KATHMANDU – The reason the number of Tibetan refugees fleeing to India dropped dramatically since 2008 is because China is paying money to Nepal police to arrest them from the border areas, says a US embassy cable released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

The cable, sent by an unnamed political officer at the American Embassy in …. Original article  : China paying Nepal to nab Tibetan refugees: WikiLeaks.