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News UN official: more needs to be done to protect indigenous rights
UN official: more needs to be done to protect indigenous rights
Max Slater
May 8, 2012 11:22:06 am

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said Monday that five years after the passage of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , the international community needs to do more to ensure that the...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal reduces sentence, affirms two others
Rwanda genocide tribunal reduces sentence, affirms two others
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 8, 2012 10:46:54 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday reduced the sentence of Aloys Ntabakuze , a former Rwandan army officer convicted of genocide and related crimes, and affirmed the sentences of...

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News Morocco judges sign judicial independence petition
Morocco judges sign judicial independence petition
Max Slater
May 8, 2012 10:45:17 am

A group of Moroccan judges signed a petition on Monday that urges judicial independence from Morocco's monarchy and parliament. The petition, circulated by the 1,800 member Morocco judges' club, particularly emphasizes the need for prosecutors to be...

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News Federal jury reaches impasse in Google-Oracle dispute
Federal jury reaches impasse in Google-Oracle dispute
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2012 03:36:26 pm

A jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of California failed to reach a conclusion Monday in a copyright dispute between Oracle and Google . Oracle has alleged that Google's use of Java...

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News Iraq court dismisses charges against former US detainee
Iraq court dismisses charges against former US detainee
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 7, 2012 03:16:52 pm

Ali Mussa Daqduq, a former detainee of the US with ties to Hezbollah , was cleared of all charges in an Iraqi court, his lawyer said Monday. The US handed Daqduq over to Iraqi authorities...

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News Israel Supreme Court declines to free Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
Israel Supreme Court declines to free Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 7, 2012 01:56:56 pm

The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday ruled against two Palestinian prisoners in their appeal seeking release from detention. Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diab have been placed in administrative detention, a legal method of incarcerating potentially dangerous individuals...

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Bahrain authorities arrest prominent human rights activist
Jennie Ryan
May 7, 2012 11:10:54 am

Bahraini authorities on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, according to the country's Interior Ministry . According to his lawyer, Rajab was arrested for messages he posted on Twitter criticizing...

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News HRW urges Libya to revoke anti-propaganda law
HRW urges Libya to revoke anti-propaganda law
Jennie Ryan
May 7, 2012 10:35:27 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to immediately revoke a new law that criminalizes criticism of the Libya conflict and prohibits glorification of former...

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News France repeals sexual harassment law
France repeals sexual harassment law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 6, 2012 08:35:32 pm

The Constitutional Council of the French Republic on Friday ruled that the country's sexual harassment law was unconstitutionally vague. In its decision, the council determined that since Article 222-33...

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UNESCO expresses concern over murders of Mexican journalists
Jaimie Cremeans
May 6, 2012 08:15:06 pm

Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irena Bokova on Friday urged Mexican authorities to do everything in their power to solve the murders of three Mexican journalists discovered last week...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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