Report 2006 [Amnesty International] News
Report 2006 [Amnesty International]

Report 2006, Amnesty International, May 23, 2006 [annual report on human rights around the world, condemning what it termed the continuing "sacrifice" of rights to expediency in the war on terror]. Excerpt:

The…"war on terror" is failing and will continue to fail until human rights….are given precedence over narrow national security interests… Doublespeak and double standards by powerful governments are dangerous because they weaken the ability of the international community to address human rights problems.

Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially-restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

World Press Freedom day

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Learn more about Allen's admission.