Aung San Suu Kyi detention opinion [UN WGAD] News
Aung San Suu Kyi detention opinion [UN WGAD]

Opinion No.2/2007 (Myanmar), UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 29, 2007 [finding that Myanmar's extended detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi violates the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II.

Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

European Central Bank founded

On May 2, 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) was founded to set monetary policy for the sixteen EU nations who use the Euro as their primary currency.

Learn more about the ECB from the organization's website.