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UN rights chief warns against increasing violence in Burundi

January 15, 2016 01:20:29 PM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed his concerns on Friday regarding rising conflicts Burundi that have given rise to gang rapes, torture, ethnic repression, mass graves, and secret detentions and disappearances. Zeid...

January 14, 2016 11:01:12 AM

Chinese authorities on Thursday arrested high profile human rights lawyer Wang Yu and her husband on charges of political subversion. Authorities have accused Wang of subversion of state power and her husband Bao Longjun, a trainee lawyer,...

January 13, 2016 12:50:53 PM

The Chinese Urgent Action Working Group said Tuesday that Swedish human rights worker Peter Dahlin was detained earlier this month on suspicion of endangering state security. It is believed by rights groups that the detention is part of...

January 13, 2016 08:00:50 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert A. Sedler of Wayne State University Law School discusses the validity of censoring disparaging trademarks...The Constitution changes everything. When the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register as a trademark the name of an...

January 12, 2016 10:49:39 AM

Chinese authorities on Monday formally charged at least seven human rights lawyers who have been secretly detained for months, the lawyers' family members said. The Chinese government believes that the individuals charged are linked to events that have disrupted...

January 12, 2016 10:05:39 AM

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday banned a popular bull fighting event at this year's harvest festival in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The decision comes in response to protesters who claim that the sport...

January 8, 2016 01:53:13 PM

Ethiopian government security forces have killed 140 protesters in the Oromia region despite December reports of only five deaths, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. The protesters began demonstrations in November against the government's plan to expand...

January 8, 2016 11:22:39 AM

US-based tech companies Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo submitted evidence on Friday of possible conflicts that may arise from the UK government's proposed Investigatory Powers Bill . Should the bill pass, tech companies would be required...

January 7, 2016 01:48:39 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Chinese authorities to release 38 lawyers and activists associated with the Beijing Fengrui Law Firm who have been held in "designated residential surveillance" since July. Designated Residential...

January 7, 2016 11:41:42 AM

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday signed a controversial media control bill into law. Under the new law, the treasury minister will replace the National Broadcasting...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.