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News Canada judge quashes security certificate against alleged terror suspect
Canada judge quashes security certificate against alleged terror suspect
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 15, 2009 03:01:00 pm

A judge for the Canadian Federal Court on Monday struck down a security certificate that deemed Syrian-born Toronto resident Hassan Almrei a threat to national security. The security certificate law, which is used...

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News Africa rights court refuses to take Habre case in first ruling
Africa rights court refuses to take Habre case in first ruling
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 02:54:00 pm

The African Court on Human and People's Rights (AfCHPR) issued its first decision Tuesday, finding that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a case against Senegal on whether charges against former Chadian president Hissene Habre [BBC...

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News UK government appeals release of details on ex-Guantanamo detainee’s treatment
UK government appeals release of details on ex-Guantanamo detainee’s treatment
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 02:00:00 pm

British government lawyers argued Monday that two UK High Court judges acted irresponsibly when they ruled last month that the details of the detention of Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in 2002 must be released...

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News Federal judge denies Yemeni Guantanamo detainee&#39;s <i>habeas</i> petition
Federal judge denies Yemeni Guantanamo detainee's habeas petition
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 01:09:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday denied Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Musa'ab Al-Madhwani's petition for habeas corpus, ruling that the government may continue to...

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News Colorado high court rules tax office raid violated immigrants&#8217; rights
Colorado high court rules tax office raid violated immigrants’ rights
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 12:02:00 pm

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a raid of tax-preparer's office in order to build identify theft cases against suspected illegal immigrants was a violation of the immigrants' Fourth Amendment rights. In 2008,...

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News UK court issues, then revokes, arrest warrant for Israel ex-foreign minister
UK court issues, then revokes, arrest warrant for Israel ex-foreign minister
Carrie Schimizzi
December 15, 2009 11:03:00 am

A British magistrate court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Israel's opposition chairwoman on war crimes charges relating to Israel's Gaza offensive earlier this year, but withdrew the warrant after discovering she wasn't in the country....

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News G-20 protest groups file amended suit against Pittsburgh police for violating rights
G-20 protest groups file amended suit against Pittsburgh police for violating rights
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 10:57:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced Monday that they are extending and continuing a lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh for allegedly violating the rights...

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News Romania court declares incumbent winner of disputed presidential election
Romania court declares incumbent winner of disputed presidential election
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 10:02:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Romania on Monday declared incumbent Traian Basescu winner of the country's disputed presidential election. The court unanimously rejected a complaint by Basescu's...

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News Obama administration human rights agenda outlined
Obama administration human rights agenda outlined
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 15, 2009 09:03:00 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday announced the Obama administration's human rights agenda, emphasizing human rights, democracy, and development. Speaking at Georgetown University just days after US President Barack Obama received the Nobel...

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News Supreme Court dismisses final challenge to Chrysler sale
Supreme Court dismisses final challenge to Chrysler sale
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 14, 2009 04:39:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the final challenge to the sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat . The Court granted, vacated, and remanded Indiana State...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Last Quaker executed for religious beliefs in American colonies

On March 24, 1661, William Ledda, executed in Boston, became the last Quaker in the American colonies to be put to death for his religious beliefs. Learn more about the persecution of the Quakers in colonial Massachusetts.

Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated

On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador by a right-wing death squad. Romero had become unpopular with conservative elements in the country when he began speaking out against government repression of the nation's poor and of his fellow priests. Read a biography of Archbishop Óscar Romero from the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University. In 2003, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), an American human-rights organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Salvadorean Air Force Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia for his alleged role in the assassination of Archbishop Romero. The suit was filed in a US federal district court under the Alien Tort Claim Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350). In Doe v. Rafael Saravia, the defendant was found guilty of crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing, resulting in a $10 million judgment against Saravia. Read a description of the case. Romero was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2018.

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