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  • In response to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, British Parliament will decide whether to grant certain types of prisoners the right to vote [BBC]
  • George W. Bush canceled a trip to Switzerland after rights groups prepared indictments against him for authorizing torture [NYT]
  • Human Rights Watch estimates that 297 people have been killed in the civil unrest in Egypt [BBC]