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Search Results for: 2014-09-17

US military captures alleged Benghazi attack ringleader in secret raid

June 18, 2014 07:51:47 AM

US military forces conducted a secret operation in Libya Sunday, capturing Ahmed Abu Khatallah , the alleged mastermind behind the September 2012 attacks on US facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans...

April 18, 2014 09:03:22 AM

The chief investigator from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Thursday appealed to the UN Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...

April 17, 2014 11:16:49 AM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday released statistics that show a steady decline in new deportation cases brought by the Obama administration in US immigration courts over the last five years,...

April 15, 2014 01:20:46 PM

An Italian court ruled Tuesday that former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi must perform community service at a home for the elderly as his sentence for tax fraud . The order was requested by...

April 14, 2014 07:00:00 PM

Sara Benson, University of Illinois College of Law

March 19, 2014 12:31:21 PM

Balkees Jarrah, Human Rights Watch

March 17, 2014 11:17:09 AM

Chairperson of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights in North Korea Michael Kirby on Monday compared the alleged crimes of the North Korean regime to those of Nazism, apartheid and the Khmer Rouge. In February UN...

February 19, 2014 09:21:38 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday said there can no longer be any excuses for inaction in North Korea following the release of a 372-page report documenting widespread crimes...

February 17, 2014 02:31:43 PM

The Suwon District Court in South Korea on Monday sentenced Lee Soek-ki to 12 years in jail for plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion. Lee, a member of the opposition United Progressive Party ...

February 17, 2014 11:09:21 AM

UN human rights investigators on Monday released a 372-page report detailing widespread crimes against humanity in North Korea that they believe should be brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The report, which is to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

South Africa repeals racial classification law

On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa. Learn more about the History of Apartheid in South Africa from Standford University.