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Spain's Human Rights Probes Spark Backlash

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2009 7:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Judges in Spain are pressing human rights cases against top officials around the world, prompting threats abroad and criticisms at home, the Washington Post reports. Invoking so-called universal jurisdiction, judges are probing 16 cases, including US approval of torture and Israeli attacks on the Gaza... Read full story »

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