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News HRW urges India to prosecute border soldiers for torture
HRW urges India to prosecute border soldiers for torture
Brandon Gatto
January 31, 2012 01:40:06 pm

Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the Indian government to prosecute Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers that it has long implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings near the Bangladesh border. HRW's plea comes...

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News France lawmakers seek ruling on genocide denial ban
France lawmakers seek ruling on genocide denial ban
Max Slater
January 31, 2012 01:26:12 pm

A French genocide denial ban passed last week stalled on Tuesday after two groups of French politicians challenged the law's constitutionality. The opposition groups, which include members in both the Senate and the National...

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News Spain judge Garzon defends Franco-era probes
Spain judge Garzon defends Franco-era probes
Hillary Stemple
January 31, 2012 01:14:07 pm

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon took the stand in his second trial before the Spanish Supreme Court on Tuesday and defended his investigation into war crimes allegedly committed under...

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News Haiti ex-president Duvalier will not face trial for rights violations
Haiti ex-president Duvalier will not face trial for rights violations
Sung Un Kim
January 31, 2012 01:03:57 pm

Haiti's Investigative Magistrate Carves Jean ruled Monday that former president Jean-Claude Duvalier will not stand trial for crimes against humanity, including torture, false imprisonment, rape and murder during his reign between 1971 and 1986....

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News ICTY war crimes suspect Seselj demands compensation for trial delays
ICTY war crimes suspect Seselj demands compensation for trial delays
Julia Zebley
January 31, 2012 07:35:51 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Monday that former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj is suing ICTY for USD $2.6 million in...

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News Romania high court sentences ex-PM Nastase to 2 years in prison
Romania high court sentences ex-PM Nastase to 2 years in prison
Julia Zebley
January 31, 2012 06:11:39 am

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice on Monday sentenced former prime minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison on charges of graft and corruption . Referred...

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News Pakistan high court lifts travel ban on former US ambassador
Pakistan high court lifts travel ban on former US ambassador
Jamie Davis
January 30, 2012 02:03:22 pm

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a travel ban imposed upon the former ambassador to the US is to be lifted. The ban was imposed upon Husain Haqqani after an anonymous memo that implied Pakistani...

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HRW concerned over aging US prison population
Jamie Reese
January 30, 2012 12:37:35 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern Friday over aging men and women becoming the most rapidly growing group in US prisons and the ability of officials to provide appropriate housing and medical care to these...

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News Senegal high court allows president to run for third term
Senegal high court allows president to run for third term
Sarah Posner
January 30, 2012 10:09:56 am

Senegal's highest court ruled Monday that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term, rejecting an appeal by the opposition. The Senegalese Constitution had no term limits when Wade initially took...

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News Norway men convicted of terrorism for plotting attack on Danish newspaper
Norway men convicted of terrorism for plotting attack on Danish newspaper
Sarah Posner
January 30, 2012 09:17:57 am

A Norwegian court on Monday convicted two men accused of planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. This is the first conviction under Norway's anti-terror laws . Both defendants, Mikael...

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Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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