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UN rights expert condemns Israel civil suit dismissal

August 31, 2012 08:57:27 AM

An independent UN human rights expert on Thursday condemned Israel's dismissal of a civil suit brought by the family of an American peace activist. UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Richard Falk criticized the...

Israel urged to investigate mistreatment of Palestinian detainees

August 9, 2012 02:56:36 PM

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday stated that Israel should investigate the alleged mistreatment of two Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike . The lawyer for Hassan Safadi and Samer al-Barq, who have been...

Israel urged to release Palestinian detainees

June 6, 2012 09:35:54 AM

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Israel to release all prisoners of conscience and administrative detainees or immediately try them under international fair trial standards. AI revealed that Israel has been using a number of...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

Library of Congress created

On April 24, 1800, U.S. President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the U.S. Library of Congress.

Learn more about the history of the U.S. Library of Congress.