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China putting 21 on trial over Xinjiang riots

October 11, 2009 10:00:00 AM

Chinese officials said Saturday that 21 people who were charged with arson, robbery, and murder after July's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province, will be put on trial. A total of 108 people have so far...

August 25, 2009 10:18:00 AM

Chinese officials on Tuesday denied a Monday state media report that more than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week. State-run China Daily reported...

August 25, 2009 09:23:00 AM

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday considered a draft bill that would allow the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) to respond to riots. The proposed legislation would also allow the PAPF...

August 24, 2009 10:30:00 AM

More than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week, Chinese state media reported Monday. The trials will take place in the Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi,...

August 5, 2009 03:30:00 PM

Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Tuesday announced charges of murder, intentional injury, arson, and robbery against 83 people accused of participating in violent demonstrations in the capital city of Urumqi in early July. Xinjiang...

July 20, 2009 11:31:00 PM

Mehmet Tohti : "Horrible video footage posted on the internet regarding the July 5th Urumqi massacre has brought some international attention and at the same time revealed the bitter reality that can be summarized as...

July 19, 2009 04:36:00 PM

Nur Bekri, chairman of the government in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , told the Xinhua News Agency Sunday that twelve "mobsters" had been fatally shot by police in the Chinese city of Urumqi on July...

March 28, 2008 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Seema Saifee, a litigator at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York representing several Uighurs detained at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, says the US government continues to damage its own image by...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).