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News ICTY begins retrial of former Kosovo PM Haradinaj
ICTY begins retrial of former Kosovo PM Haradinaj
Julia Zebley
August 18, 2011 11:00:08 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday began the retrial of Ramush Haradinaj , a Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and the former prime minister of Kosovo, who was acquitted [JURIST...

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News Syria forces may be committing crimes against humanity: UN report
Syria forces may be committing crimes against humanity: UN report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 18, 2011 10:02:57 am

Syrian government forces cracking down on the opposition may be committing crimes against humanity, according to a report published Thursday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) . The...

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News Canada court rejects right to die claim for lack of standing
Canada court rejects right to die claim for lack of standing
Julia Zebley
August 18, 2011 09:22:55 am

The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed a right to die suit by the Farewell Foundation for lack of standing on Wednesday but encouraged the group to intervene in a...

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News Mexico president eliminates pocket veto
Mexico president eliminates pocket veto
Erin Bock
August 18, 2011 08:34:30 am

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday signed a reform to the Mexican Constitution that eliminates the president's ability to use a pocket veto to prevent the passage...

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News South Korea iPhone customers file class action against Apple over data collection
South Korea iPhone customers file class action against Apple over data collection
Erin Bock
August 18, 2011 07:35:45 am

More than 26,000 iPhone users in South Korea joined in a class action lawsuit filed Wednesday against Apple's local headquarters for collecting location data without their consent. The class is composed of individuals who purchased an iPhone prior to...

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News India parliament begins impeachment proceedings against high court judge
India parliament begins impeachment proceedings against high court judge
Julia Zebley
August 17, 2011 01:10:05 pm

Impeachment hearings began Wednesday in the Council of States , India's upper house of parliament, against Justice Soumitra Sen , a justice of the Calcutta High Court . Sen is charged with misappropriation of...

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News Lebanon tribunal unseals indictment in Hariri case
Lebanon tribunal unseals indictment in Hariri case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2011 01:06:52 pm

The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Wednesday unsealed the indictment against four individuals accused of assassinating former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri . The pre-trial judge issued a...

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News ICC postpones hearing for DRC war crimes suspect
ICC postpones hearing for DRC war crimes suspect
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2011 12:19:22 pm

Judges for the International Criminal Court (ICC) have postponed the opening of the confirmation of charges hearing against accused war criminal Callixte Mbarushimana , originally set for Wednesday, until September 16. Mbarushimana,...

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News Ukraine ex-president testifies against former ally Tymoshenko
Ukraine ex-president testifies against former ally Tymoshenko
Julia Zebley
August 17, 2011 11:48:43 am

Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko testified against his former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday in her ongoing trial for charges of corruption. The prosecution alleges that...

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News ACLU challenges Kansas abortion insurance law
ACLU challenges Kansas abortion insurance law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2011 11:05:58 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Kansas law that prohibits insurance companies from including coverage for abortion in their comprehensive plans....

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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