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News Serb nationalist war crimes indictee removed from court after outbursts
Serb nationalist war crimes indictee removed from court after outbursts
Holly Manges Jones
November 1, 2006 10:16:00 am

Serbian war crimes suspect and former nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj , was removed from a court hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday after he disrupted proceedings on...

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News UN expert concerned over rights violations in Mexico violence
UN expert concerned over rights violations in Mexico violence
Joshua Pantesco
November 1, 2006 09:50:00 am

A UN human rights expert expressed concern Tuesday about human rights violations allegedly committed by a Mexican paramilitary group in the Mexican province of Oaxaca during clashes between protesters and the police. Rodolfo Stavenhagen , the UN Special...

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News China appeals court orders retrial of rights activist
China appeals court orders retrial of rights activist
Joshua Pantesco
November 1, 2006 09:37:00 am

A Chinese intermediate appellate court has overturned and remanded back to the trial court the case of Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist who was sentenced in August to four years...

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News Vietnam to drop detention rule ahead of Bush visit
Vietnam to drop detention rule ahead of Bush visit
Joshua Pantesco
November 1, 2006 08:31:00 am

The government of Vietnam will repeal or abolish administrative Decree 31/CP , which authorizes restrictions on citizens who commit security violations not rising to the level of criminality, in advance of US President George W. Bush's scheduled November...

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News Federal appeals court stays tobacco industry penalties pending appeal
Federal appeals court stays tobacco industry penalties pending appeal
Joshua Pantesco
November 1, 2006 07:24:00 am

A federal appeals court on Tuesday stayed an August district court ruling finding tobacco companies liable for civil racketeering charges , thus delaying enforcement of the accompanying remedial order that required the tobacco companies to...

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News Federal judge blocks Pennsylvania city anti-immigration laws
Federal judge blocks Pennsylvania city anti-immigration laws
Ned Mulcahy
November 1, 2006 06:15:00 am

US District Judge James Munley granted a temporary restraining order late Tuesday prohibiting the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania from enforcing the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act and Landlord Tenant Ordinance . The...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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