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Denmark parliament passes same-sex marriage legislation
June 7, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Denmark's Parliament on Thursday voted to approve a bill that legalizes same-sex marriages in the country's state Lutheran church ceremonies. Previously, same-sex unions were only permitted to be conducted in small ceremonies at the end of formal church services. Although Denmark became the first.... [more]
Denmark court sentences men to 12 years for terrorism plot
June 4, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
The Glostrup City Court on Monday sentenced four men to 12 years in prison for their attempt to kill people inside the office of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten (JP). Mounir Ben Mohamed Dhahri, Munir Awad, Omar Abdalla Aboelazm and Sabhi Ben Mohamed Zalouti, all Swedish residents of African or.... [more]
Denmark failed to investigate racist attack against Iraqi family: UN
April 17, 2012 by Andrea Bottorff
Danish authorities failed to examine possible racist motivations behind an attack on an Iraqi refugee family in Denmark in 2004, according to an opinion published by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Iraqi-born Mahali Dawas, his wife and eight children were.... [more]
Denmark court sentenced cartoonist attacker to 9 years [this day at law]
February 4, 2012 by Cody Harding
On February 4, 2011, a Danish court sentenced Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geelle was armed with an axe and knife when he broke into.... [more]
Denmark court dismissed lawsuit against editors over Muhammad cartoons [this day at law]
October 26, 2011 by Meagan McElroy
On October 26, 2006, the City Court of Aerhus in Denmark dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Muslim organizations against the editors of Jyllands-Posten, a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. Islam forbids the pictorial depiction of Muhammad, and worldwide.... [more]
Denmark court extends sentence of Muhammad cartoonist attacker
June 23, 2011 by Julia Zebley
A Danish court on Wednesday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geele to an additional year in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geele had already been sentenced to nine years in.... [more]
Denmark refused to take custody of Charles Taylor [this day at law]
April 25, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On April 25, 2006, the government of Denmark refused a request from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to take custody of former Liberian president Charles Taylor should he be convicted of war crimes charges stemming from his alleged role in supporting violent Sierra Leonian rebels and.... [more]
Denmark court sentences Muhammad cartoonist attacker to 9 years
February 4, 2011 by LaToya Sawyer
A Danish court on Friday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geele was convicted on Thursday on charges of attempted.... [more]
Australian Senate rejected carbon pollution reduction legislation [this day at law]
December 2, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On December 2, 2009, the Australian Senate voted 41-33 against legislation aimed at reducing carbon pollution. The legislation, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and ten related bills, would have established a cap-and-trade system. The scheme, similar to the current European system,.... [more]
US vetoed UN resolution urging Israel to respect international law [this day at law]
November 11, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On November 11, 2006, the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip and calling on Israel "to scrupulously abide by its obligations and responsibilities under the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time.... [more]
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